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Wikipedia article




'American Shoeshine' is a 1975 American short documentary film directed by Sparky Greene. It covers the history of shoe shining in the United States, interviews current shoe shiner, and describes rag popping, a form of music made with a shoeshine rag.

Reception



In a review in 'Jump Cut', Robert L. Pest states that the film fails to consider the racist history of rag popping in the presentation of rag popping as art, writing: "Had Greene chosen to confront, or at least acknowledge, the contradictions of this position, 'American Shoeshine' would have been a different, and perhaps better, film. But as it is, 'American Shoeshine' is still a direct and effective portrait of the history and practice of a unique occupation".

'American Shoeshine' was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

See also



* List of American films of 1975

References




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