T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness: Queer Blues Divas of the 1920s (2013)
• January 27th, 2013 • 0h 29min
Music, Documentary
Overview
The 1920s saw a revolution in technology, the advent of the recording industry, that created the first class of African-American women to sing their way to fame and fortune. Blues divas such as Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, and Alberta Hunter created and promoted a working-class vision of blues life that provided an alternative to the Victorian gentility of middle-class manners. In their lives and music, blues women presented themselves as strong, independent women who lived hard lives and were unapologetic about their unconventional choices in clothes, recreational activities, and bed partners. Blues singers disseminated a Black feminism that celebrated emotional resilience and sexual pleasure, no matter the source.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Sally
Released on: 2025-01-28
Documentary
Sally Ride's groundbreaking journey as the first American woman in space concealed a deeply personal...
Novena
Released on: 2013-08-14
Documentary
In 2012, Stephen Vaughan and Kay Ferreter are invited to address the congregation at St. Joseph's Re...
Amores Bonitos Demais Para Se Esconder
Released on: 2022-08-01
Documentary, Romance
With the aim of studying sexuality and the role of disciplinary power in controlling the female body...
I'm Not Gay
Released on: 2023-06-01
Documentary
A conflicted gay man struggles to teach his younger self about the challenges of adult life. Searchi...
I Am My Own Woman
Released on: 1992-10-30
Drama, Documentary
The life story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, who survived the Nazi reign as a trans woman and helped s...
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
Released on: 2021-09-11
Documentary, Music
The story of the iconic singer's fascinating six-decade career in both music and Black and LGBTQ act...
Playback
Released on: 2019-10-11
Documentary
In Córdoba, far from the Argentine capital, the end of a military regime promises a spring that is a...
Queerama
Released on: 2017-06-09
Music, Documentary
Created from a treasure trove of archive, Queerama traverses a century of gay experiences, encompass...
Billy Elliot
Released on: 2000-09-28
Drama, Comedy, Music
County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up f...
Butch Jamie
Released on: 2008-11-18
Comedy, Documentary, Romance
The film follows the story of Jamie, a struggling butch lesbian actress who gets cast as a man in a ...
See Me: A Walk Through London's Gay Soho in 1994 and 2020
Released on: 2022-11-26
Documentary
This film weaves across sound, image, time, rhythm and place and is made up of a number of layers bo...
Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Led Zeppelin
Released on: 2008-01-01
Documentary, Music
Delve into the musical influences of iconic rockers Led Zeppelin, whose epic brand of arena rock gre...
Mr. Gay Syria
Released on: 2018-09-06
Documentary
In focusing his attention on the competitors of Mr Gay Syria, director Ayse Toprak shatters the one-...
Indigo Girls: It's Only Life After All
Released on: 2024-04-10
Documentary, Music
An intimate look into the lives of one of the most iconic folk-rock bands in America - the Indigo Gi...
Miss Davison's Funeral
Released on: 1913-06-09
Documentary
The funeral procession of suffragette Emily Davison - fatally injured at the Epsom Derby - passes th...
The Page Turner
Released on: 2006-08-09
Drama, Music, Thriller
Mélanie Prouvost, a ten-year-old butcher's daughter, is a gifted pianist. That is why she and her pa...
Perfect Image?
Released on: 1989-01-02
Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Music
Two actresses take us through a series of 'raps' and sketches about what it means to be beautiful an...
The Polymath, or The Life and Opinions of Samuel R. Delany, Gentleman
Released on: 2007-04-26
Documentary
A portrait of Samuel R. Delany, an award-winning African-American gay author whose credits include e...
Town Bloody Hall
Released on: 1979-04-03
Documentary
Norman Mailer and a panel of feminists — Jacqueline Ceballos, Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston, and Dia...
We Are Bleach
Released on:
Comedy, Drama, Music
A multi-awarded 23 minute short film about pansexual punk rockers in a toxic relationship in London’...