Click here to visit our new site --> CafeDVD 2.0 Storyville: The Naked Dance (1997) Rating: Starring: Storyville Director: Anne O. Craig, Maia Harris Category: Music, Special Interest Studio: Shanachie Subtitles: [None] Length: 60 mins     New Orleans Notorious Red Light District And The Birth Of Jazz Storyville: The Naked Dance is the first documentary about America's legendary legal red-light district that thrived in New Orleans from 1898 until World War I.Set against the stark backdrop of Victorian morality, 2000 prostitutes worked the 16 square blocks of twinkling lights and rat-infested alleyways.Storyville's gateway, Basin Street, made legendary through song, was lined with extravagant bordellos -- from the infamous song, was lined with extravagant bordellos -- from the infamous octoroon madam Lulu White's Mahogany Hall to Emma Johnson's mansion, where sex circuses were regularly staged.It was a district filled with greed, excitement, sin, and the raucous rhythms of a new American music: jazz. Storyville explores the genesis of jazz and its relationship to the decadent "sportin' life" through colorful jazz legends like Buddy Bolden and Jelly Roll Morton.The soundtrack combines a rich medley of ragtime, blues, music of the streets, 19th century classical compositions, early jazz tunes, and the pre-recorded voiced of musicians who played there. The films visual centerpieces are portraits of Storyville's prostitutes photographed by E.J. Bellocq, turn-of-the-century erotica (including never-before seen photos of Lulu White) and nickelodeon "peep shows."