American Shoeshine (movie)

Name: American Shoeshine
Director: Sparky Greene
Released: 1976-10-1

Production country: United States of America
Producer: Sparky Greene
Production companies: Perspective Films, Titan Film
Genre: Documentary
Release date: 11/1/1976
Run time: 30 min.

Movie description

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. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.