Storyville
Documentary
(56
min.)
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Storyville |
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veritable cinematic scrapbook of jazz, money and sex, Storyville, Love
For Sale is the first documentary about America's legendary and legal
red-light district which thrived in New Orleans from 1898 until World War
I. The film interweaves the memories of a fictitious prostitute narrator,
stories of present day New Orleanians, and the pre-recorded voices of long
dead jazz musicians with elegant portraits of Storyville's prostitutes,
erotica and nickelodeon "peep shows." The film also explores the
relationship between the development of jazz and the "sportin'"
life, including how legendary piano player JellyRoll Morton started his
career playing in the brothels. Named after city official Tom Story, this
red-light zone formerly near the French Quarter, was bulldozed to the
ground after being deemed a threat to the war effort, due to the rising
numbers of young men infected by syphilis. |
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