Black Shadows on the Silver Screen

Black Shadows on the Silver Screen

tvMovie

52min

1975

Documentary

Description

Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.

Actors

Ossie Davis

Narrator

Crew

Fredi Washington

archive sound

George Johnson

archive sound

Lorenzo Tucker

archive sound

Lucia Lynn Moses

archive sound

Henry Armstrong

archive footage, self

Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker

archive footage, self

Leslie Banks

archive footage, self

Clarence Brooks

archive footage, self

Cab Calloway

archive footage, self

Steven York

director, editor

Thomas Cripps

writer

William Bowman

producer

Stephan Henriquez

producer

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