soundie

In 1935, she made her screen debut in Duke Ellington's "soundie" early version of the music video, Symphony in Black.

Our Lady of the Gardenias Anxious Black Woman 2008

She made her film debut in a short, 19-minute "soundie" (early version of the music video narrative), "Black and Tan" (starring alongside Duke Ellington in his jazz symphony), in which she plays a character who must perform at a jazz club despite illness.

Performing with Dignity: Fredi Washington Anxious Black Woman 2008

Time to stop biting its ankle and rip out its throat Japanese auto-fogging glasses prevent long stares at the computer screen BB Video: The 1944 "soundie" that inspired Devo's "Whip It" (Oddball Film + Video)

Boing Boing 2009

Time to stop biting its ankle and rip out its throat Japanese auto-fogging glasses prevent long stares at the computer screen BB Video: The 1944 "soundie" that inspired Devo's "Whip It" (Oddball Film + Video)

Boing Boing 2009

Time to stop biting its ankle and rip out its throat Japanese auto-fogging glasses prevent long stares at the computer screen BB Video: The 1944 "soundie" that inspired Devo's "Whip It" (Oddball Film + Video)

Boing Boing 2009

BB Video: The 1944 "soundie" that inspired Devo's "Whip It" (Oddball Film + Video)

Boing Boing 2009

Time to stop biting its ankle and rip out its throat Japanese auto-fogging glasses prevent long stares at the computer screen BB Video: The 1944 "soundie" that inspired Devo's "Whip It" (Oddball Film + Video)

Boing Boing 2009

BB Video: The 1944 "soundie" that inspired Devo's "Whip It" (Oddball Film + Video)

Boing Boing 2009

The aim for the workshop was to produce a "soundie", a garment which produes a sound when touched in a certain place, or different sounds when touched in different ways.

MAKE Magazine 2009

BB Video: The 1944 "soundie" that inspired Devo's "Whip It" (Oddball Film + Video)

Boing Boing 2009