For My Sisters
For My Sisters
Movie

For My Sisters

8.0/10
2014
1h 0m
en
Documentary

Overview

FOR MY SISTERS is a movie about black culture or rather: black women, specifially: a movie about black singers. Alberta Hunter, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Nina Simone. They are the four "Big Sisters", singer Carole Alston follows through to the age of jazz. Alston, "a voice as dark and sweet as molasses", as described by the Financial Times, was born in Washington, DC and has been living in Vienna for almost 30 years. She is sure: "Those four icons help you explain what jazz is and even the history of jazz right along."

Director

Stephanus Domanig

Movie Information

Release Date

December 13, 2014

Runtime

1h 0m

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Vote Count

1

Production

PLAESION Film