This is a scene from Spike Lee's Malcolm X during the period he lived in Harlem. I thought about this movie a lot while making my animation; and the style and dress among African Americans in 1930s-1940s Harlem. Although this particular clip doesn't show just how colorful, exuberant, and sometimes ostentatious the clothes were back then, I think it does give insight to the attitude and importance of style and appearance. (I had also wanted to use "Beans and Cornbread" by Louis Jordan, the track in the background--in my type animation but cant find the instrumental for the life of me!)
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