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African American models Biography Fashion design France History 20th century Fashion design United States History 20th century Fashion designers France Fashion designers United States Fashion shows France Versailles Grand Divertissement à Versailles (1973 : Versailles, France) Olympics Social aspects Racism in sportsSummary: Recounts the triumph and travails of the eighteen African American athletes representing the United States in the 1936 Olympics, who endured racism in Hitler's Berlin as well as back home in the United States.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF OLYSummary: "[This film] follows the events leading up to the iconic fashion effrontery at the Chateau de Versailles on November 28, 1973 ... when five French designers--Givenchy, Cardin, YSL, Ungaro and Dior took on five American designers (Halston, Bill Blass, Anne Klein, Oscar de la Renta and Stephen Burrows) in a fashion showdown to save the palace"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 2013