Scott Joplin: King of Ragtime Composers

Writer, director, Amelia Anderson; narrator, Eartha Kitt; photography, Lowell Peterson; composer, Scott Joplin; choreography, Xavier Chatman

Douglas Sides, Oliver Aubrey, Regina Houston, Xavier Chatman, Carolyn Sides, Forest Henry

This dramatized biography follows Joplin's life from his discovery and initial success, his turning to serious composition, the failure of the opera "Treemonisha", and his early death in poverty and obscurity

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