"Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back" Profiles a Virtuoso Performer

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Thom Powers
Documentary of the Week | Feb 4, 2022

"Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back" profiles the dancer who was a child performer with his younger brother Gregory before they took divergent paths. Filmmaker John Carluccio explores their history that had a fictional parallel in the characters they portrayed in "The Cotton Club."

 

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