Swing Movies and Videos

Movies about Swing Dancing

 * Swing Kids (1993): Swing Dancing in World War 2-era Nazi Germany.
 * Swing (2004)
 * Ctrl+Alt+Dance (2015)
 * Feel the Beat (2018): Level K. Swedish dance drama. Also known as Dansa Först.

Short Films about Swing Dancing

 * All the Cats Join In (1946): Benny Goodman and Walt Disney Pictures
 * The One-8 Project (2019)

Documentaries about Swing Dancing

 * Rebirth of Shag (2013): Ryan Martin and the Hot Rhythm Foundation
 * Alive and Kicking (2016): Susan Glatzer. Also known as Swing The Doc and Swing! (Kickstarter campaign).

Movies that have Swing Dancing in Them

 * After Seben (1929): "Shorty" George Snowden and "Big Bea" do breakaway steps
 * A Day at the Races (1937): Whitey's Lindy Hoopers
 * Keep Punching (1939) : Contains the famous choreographed "Big Apple Routine" by Frankie Manning, performed by the Whitey's Lindy Hoppers.
 * Hellzapoppin (1944): Contains the iconic lindy hop performance clip of the Whitey's Lindy Hoppers. Based on the Broadway musical.
 * Killer Diller (1948): Congaroo Dancers perform
 * Malcolm X (1992): Frankie Manning was a dance consultant for the lindy hop segments.
 * Swingers (1996)
 * Blast to the Past (1999)
 * Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2005): First dance class at the school is Lindy Hop.
 * La La Land (2016): Chester Whitmore dances (with ?)

Short Films Containing footage of Swing Dancing

 * Swing Shift Swing (1942): Soundie featuring Gael Amber with John Reichman and his Orchestra.  Irene Thomas and Don Gallaher start off doing some classic lindy hop and are joined by Johnny and Venna Archer,  and then Johnny Collins and possibly Elsie Parish (unconfirmed), who also throw in some Bal-Swing!

Movies that have Blues Dancing in Them

 * Barrelhouse

Jazz Music Movies

 * The Last of the Blue Devils (1979): Youtube
 * The Girls in the Band (2011)
 * The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America (2012)
 * Bolden (2019)
 * Hamp (?)

Jazz Music Clips from Movies

 * I've Got a Heart Full of Music - Bennie Goodman from Hollywood Hotel

Documentaries about Swing Music

 * The Spirit Moves: A History of Black Social Dance on Film, 1900–1986 (1987)
 * Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns (2001): 10 episode TV documentary series on the history of Jazz.  Particularly relevant are episodes 1-7.
 * Wynton at Harvard: "Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music". Lecture Series (2018)
 * Chapter 12: How the Rhythm Section Swings
 * Chapter 13: The Meaning of Swing