T'AINT NOBODY'S BIZNESS:

Queer Blues Divas of the 1920s

NARRATED BY JEWELLE GOMEZ DIRECTED BY ROBERT PHILIPSON

Blues history through a lavender lens

Who knew that the most famous blues singers of their day, Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Ethel Watrers were bisexual? Or that Alberta Hunter was a lesbian? Their lovers did, and now you will too. "T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness" recaptures our lost and suppressed past about the queer sexualities of these pioneering divas. Narrated by the well-known Black lesbian poet and novelist, Jewelle Gomez, this documentary teaches Black queer history with “lots of flash.”

AWARDS

”Best Short Documentary,” Out in the Desert Film Festival, 2013
"Best LGBT film," San Francisco Black Film Festival, 2013

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Bessie Smith + Ma Rainey + Ethel Waters + Alberta Hunter + MORE

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