Bamboozled 2000  R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Spike Lee
Cast: Damon Wayans, Savion Glover, Jada Pinkett Smith, Tommy Davidson, Michael Rapaport, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Paul Mooney, Sarah Jones, Gillian Iliana Waters, Susan Batson
Spike Lee takes on racial bias in the television industry as Harvard-educated black writer Pierre Delacroix (Damon Wayans) develops a show for black tap dancers Savion Glover and Tommy Davidson. The catch is that they will be made up in black face and perform in a minstrel show. The show is a hit, but its success does not come without repercussions from all sides.
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Bojangles 2001  TV, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Gregory Hines, Peter Riegert, Kimberly Elise, Maria Ricossa, Savion Glover, Linette Robinson, Jonathan Higgins, Lea Golde, Novie Edwards, Jackie Richardson
This made-for-TV film tells the story of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (Gregory Hines), the highly successful African American tap dancer. It covers his early days in vaudeville; the move into movies, which made him famous and rich; and his subsequent fall as a result of an addiction to gambling.
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Tap 1989  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Nick Castle
Cast: Gregory Hines, Sammy Davis Jr., Suzzanne Douglass, Savion Glover, Joe Morton, Dick Anthony Williams, Howard "Sandman" Sims, Bunny Briggs, Steve Condos, Jimmy Slyde
Yes! This movie is filled with all the great dancing you would expect as recently released from prison Max (Gregory Hines) must decide between returning to a life of crime or using his talents to entertain as a tap dancer. Great choreography.
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| 1. Bamboozled (2000)
2. Bojangles (2001)
3. Tap (1989)
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