“Never fails to bring down the house and bring the audience to their feet.”
—Shadow and Act

“A first-rate show.”
—The New York Times

“A celebration of black musical talent.”
—Film4

This all-Black-cast musical spectacular is an absolute treasure of the Cinema. Dancer Bill “Bojangles” Robinson’s fictionalized life story stars the man himself with a galaxy of other musical stars: Lena Horne, Fats Waller, Cab Calloway, the Katherine Dunham Dance Company, and, most unforgettably, the Nicholas Brothers, whose stairway dance number never fails to provoke spontaneous applause.