Jazztime Tale

Jazztime Tale

26 mins | Animation, Family | Nov. 2, 1991

Family - Set in Harlem in 1919, two girls - one white, one black - form a lifelong friendship through a chance encounter and the jazztime music of young "Fats" Waller.

Jazztime Tale

26 mins | Animation, Family | Nov. 2, 1991

Jazztime Tale
Family - Set in Harlem in 1919, two girls - one white, one black - form a lifelong friendship through a chance encounter and the jazztime music of young "Fats" Waller.
Producers WGBH Boston, Michael Sporn Animation, Italtoons Corporation
Original title Jazztime Tale
Directors Michael Sporn
Writers Maxine Fisher

Cast

Ruby Dee

as Narrator (voice)

Fairly McCaskill

as Lucinda (voice)

Diana Cherkas

as Rose (voice)

Billy Rowland

as Thomas (voice)

Valerie Evering

as Naomi (voice)

Ken Prymus

as Uncle Charles (voice)

Brenda Braxton

as Mrs. Mullins (voice)

Heidi Stallings

as Miss Downes (voice)

John Aller

as Mr. Scott (voice)

Patricia Dye

as Mother (voice)

Michael Anzilone

as Preacher (voice)

Randy Kaplan

as Child (voice)