What’s Happening? International Sweethearts of Rhythm

Screening of new and historic works in the Reserve Film and Video Collection and discussion with special guests.

Learn about the first racially-integrated all-female band in the US and more for this year’s Black History Month!In conjunction with the Music and Recorded Sound Division’s exhibition Rhythm Is My Business: Women Who Shaped Jazz, the Reserve Film and Video Collection host an evening of film and discussion delving into the history of female jazzmusicians. Join us for a screening of the documentary films International Sweethearts of Rhythm, which tells the story of the first racially-integrated all-female band in the United States, and Tiny and Ruby: Hell Divin’ Women, which profiles jazz trumpeter Tiny Davis and her partner, drummer-pianist Ruby Lucas.

The screening is followed by a conversation with filmmaker Greta Schiller and author Linda Dahl (Stormy Weather: The Music and Lives of a Century of JazzWomen).











When: Thu., Feb. 6, 2025 at 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Where: New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
212-870-1600
Price: Free
Buy tickets/get more info now
See other events in these categories:

Screening of new and historic works in the Reserve Film and Video Collection and discussion with special guests.

Learn about the first racially-integrated all-female band in the US and more for this year’s Black History Month!In conjunction with the Music and Recorded Sound Division’s exhibition Rhythm Is My Business: Women Who Shaped Jazz, the Reserve Film and Video Collection host an evening of film and discussion delving into the history of female jazzmusicians. Join us for a screening of the documentary films International Sweethearts of Rhythm, which tells the story of the first racially-integrated all-female band in the United States, and Tiny and Ruby: Hell Divin’ Women, which profiles jazz trumpeter Tiny Davis and her partner, drummer-pianist Ruby Lucas.

The screening is followed by a conversation with filmmaker Greta Schiller and author Linda Dahl (Stormy Weather: The Music and Lives of a Century of JazzWomen).

Buy tickets/get more info now