Khadifa Wong's fascinating documentary Uprooted traces the origins of an artform and the cultural bias that robbed great practitioners of recognition Jazz dance. It's Broadway and the West End, Liza Minnelli draped over a chair in Cabaret, the gold top hats of A Chorus Line, the clicking fingers of West Side Story. Or is it? Khadifa Wong's new documentary, Uprooted, reveals that the popular image of jazz obscures th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AM on September 22, 2020