Noble Sissle's Syncopated Ragtime(2018)
Noble Sissle brought Ragtime to France and started the European obsession with Black music.
Combines footage unseen since WWI with original scores from the era to re-tell the story of Noble Sissle's incredible journey that spans "The Harlem Hell Fighters" of World War I, Broadway Theatre, the Civil Rights movement, and decades of Black cultural development.
Movie: Noble Sissle's Syncopated Ragtime
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Trevor Getz
Noble Lee Sissle Jr.
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