1949 Holly Near is born in Ukiah, California to parents who encourage creativity. She’s raised on a ranch in Potter Valley, California. “My dad built a special 12 x 12 mailbox down at the end of the lane, so that it would hold records, when ...
Charley Pride: I’m Just Me traces the musician's journey from his humble beginnings as a sharecropper’s son on a cotton farm in segregated Sledge, Mississippi to his career as a Negro American League baseball player and his meteoric rise as a trailblazing country music superstar. ...
In addition to being an entertainment powerhouse, Sammy Davis, Jr. was also a talented photographer and now, after these photos were dug out of a warehouse in California, the world finally gets to see his work. Jerry Lewis gave Sammy Davis, Jr. his first camera ...
By Cindy Y. Rodriguez Sammy Davis, Jr. was one of America's greatest entertainers of the twentieth century. He could do it all: dancing, singing, acting, impressions. What’s more, he did this at a time when it was difficult to be an African-American in the United ...
The devastating car accident that caused Sammy Davis, Jr. to reevaluate his life and change his religious beliefs.
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Holly Near shares the touching story behind her famous song "Singing For Our Lives" and explains how it turned into an anthem for the LGBTQ movement. The song was written after she heard news of the assassination of city supervisor Harvey Milk, a champion of ...
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The new documentary lifts the curtain on the life, career and inspirations of the complicated and brilliant Emmy- and four-time Tony Award-winning writer Terrance McNally.
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1925, December 8 Sammy Davis, Jr. is born at Harlem Hospital in New York City to Elvera and Sammy Davis, Sr. 1928/1929 He is sent to live with his father, a traveling entertainer and dancer. He never receives a formal education. 1933 Sammy Davis, ...
HOW DID THIS FILM COME ABOUT? MICHAEL KANTOR (MK): Everyone knows the name Sammy Davis, Jr., and many fondly remember his beautiful singing and fancy footwork, but what does a 21st-century audience know about the man? Do people know that he started his career in ...
