Slippery Characters
Grant Details
Grantee
JazzReach, Inc.
Where
55 Washington St Ste 509,
Brooklyn,
New York
11201-1060
Award
$9,990
The film "Slippery Characters" will examine the phenomenon of ethnic impersonations and their influence on the shaping of the American identity. In particular, this Laura Browder film will devote attention to three men who reinvented themselves through new ethnic identities. Among these three will be Chicago's Mezz Mezzrow, a poor Jewish kid from the North Side, who became a well-known jazz musician and eventually redefined himself as Black.
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