American Shoeshine

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.[1]

American Shoeshine
Directed bySparky Greene
Produced bySparky Greene
Distributed byPerspective Films
Release date
  • 1975 (1975)
Running time
30 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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".[1]

American Shoeshine was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.[2][3]

See also

References
  1. Pest, Robert L. (April 1978). "American Shoeshine: Rag poppin' for those tips". Jump Cut. No. 17. pp. 9–10.
  2. "NY Times: American Shoeshine". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2008.
  3. "The 49th Academy Awards (1977) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
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