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The Lindy Hop scenes in this film were choreographed by Otis Sallid with Ryan Francois, a very talented young Lindy Hopper, as Assistant Choreographer. Ryan's influence can be seen in many of the dancer's moves. Sallid met Francois while working on the film Malcolm X. Both of these films have had an important influence on the revival of swing music and dancing among young people. This feature film is based on the true story of the role that jazz music and dancing played in Nazi Germany. The German teenager's unabashed admiration for the likes of Louis Armstrong, a Black, Benny Goodman, a Jew, and Django Rinehart, a Gypsy , was in direct defiance of the Nazis and their drive for "pure" Aryan dominance. |
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