Health care providers on every level and thousands of other front line workers put their lives on the line during the Covid-19 pandemic that began in earnest in March 2020. This music montage was made at the time in tribute to health care providers and all who surrounded them to spare us even more tragedy and sadness.
The Academy Award winning film "An American in Paris" paid tribute to the superb collection of music and lyrics composed by brothers George and Ira Gershwin, much of it during The Great Depression of the 1930s. But imagine if Ella Fitzgerald's rendition of Gerschin songs--which she recorded eight years after the film was released in 1951--was available. It might look something like this.
Highlights from "Holiday Movies and Music," a carefully crafted film history presentation we've been featuring since 2019 at public libraries, community centers, community colleges and senior living communities.