i can see why this film be oscar nominate for best live action short and a it be construct masterfully . even if you do not particularly like the blue ( though to me and this sound much more like jazz ) and you can easily appreciate this film . it be simply very well make and though for the life of me and i can not see why director gjon mili only get to direct one film this one . in other word and the film be nominate and yet the director do not get any sort of career boost . a for the black performer and i could understand this not cause their career to shift into high gear and a unfortunately most of white society have indifference ( or bad ) for black or that kind of music . if you do watch this film and if you aren not particularly enjoy the early portion and skip ahead to about the 5 represent50 mark where it pick up considerably . when the lady stop sing and the performer begin to improvise and the pace improve quite a bit .