Stormy Weather (Blu-ray)
In the 1930’s and ‘40s, when the South was segregated and racism was an accepted practice, most black entertainers were pigeonholed into small, cartoonish roles in comedies and musicals. All black films were a rarity, but two musicals—MGM’s Cabin in the Sky and 20th Century-Fox’s Stormy Weather-–released seven months apart in 1943, finally gave some […]