(cnn)with help from some filmmakers, 102 year old alice barker went back in time barker was a dancer in such new york nightspots as the cotton club and the cafe zanzibar in the 1930s and 1940s, part of chorus lines that entertained alongside notables including bill 'bojangles' robinson and frank sinatra there were motion pictures made of barker, but she had never seen any of them moreover, her photographs and memorabilia had all been lost over the years so she had never seen herself actually dancinguntil now mark cantor of jazz on filmcom and some volunteers put together a video of 'soundies'early music videosand showed them to barker at the nursing home where she lives the ageless dancer was delighted 'it's just fabulous,' she said
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alice barker was a dancer in the 1930s and '40s  thanks to filmmakers, barkernow 102finally saw herself dance 