Jeni LeGon: Living in a Great Big Way LeGon, Jeni performer Film 1999 National Film Board of Canada Produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Directed by Grant Greschuk. Produced by Selwyn Jacob. Interviews with Jeni LeGon, with Fayard Nicholas, Kirby Howard, and Rusty Frank. Profile of African-American tap dancer, Jeni LeGon, whose illustrious career included numerous Hollywood films, stage shows, television, and tours in the US and abroad. As a dancer, she rivaled the feats of male performers such as the Nicholas Brothers, and performed with tap dancing legend Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. In Hollywood she became one of the first African-American entertainers under contract to MGM. The program contains clips from many of her films and musicals, among them "Hooray for Love, "Fools for Scandal" "Ali Baba Goes to Town" "Sundown" "Somebody Love Me" "Double Deal" and "Hi De Ho." While discussing her achievements, LeGon also recalls the racism she encountered both in professional and private life. In her later career, she became an inspirational and beloved teacher first in Los Angeles, where she opened her own school, then in Vancouver, where she now resides. Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts New York Public Library: CATNYP: Dance Collection: Tap Dancing. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Gregory Hines Collection of American Tap Dance (). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html Jeni LeGon (biography) loc.music.tdabio.125 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.557