American Shoeshine

- Media type
- Film
American Shoeshine · American Shoeshine · MOVIE
Documentary 1976
About this title
American Shoeshine is a 1975 American short documentary film directed by Sparky Greene. It covers the history of shoe shining in the United States, interviews current shoe shiner, and describes rag popping, a form of music made with a shoeshine rag. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.