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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

1975 · Steven York · 52 min

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Actor, writer, director and activist Ossie Davis narrates this look at the history of race films, those produced from the 1920s-50s catered to a primarily Black audience.

Ossie DavisNarratorGGeorge JohnsonSelf (archive sound)Lorenzo TuckerSelf (archive sound)LLucia Lynn MosesSelf (archive sound)Fredi WashingtonSelf (archive sound)HHenry ArmstrongSelf (archive footage)Josephine BakerSelf (archive footage)Leslie BanksSelf (archive footage)Clarence BrooksSelf (archive footage)Cab CallowaySelf (archive footage)Walter ConnollySelf (archive footage)Miriam CooperSelf (archive footage)Dudley DiggesSelf (archive footage)Duke EllingtonSelf (archive footage)Marcus GarveySelf (archive footage)

Cast

Ossie DavisNarratorGGeorge JohnsonSelf (archive sound)Lorenzo TuckerSelf (archive sound)LLucia Lynn MosesSelf (archive sound)Fredi WashingtonSelf (archive sound)HHenry ArmstrongSelf (archive footage)Josephine BakerSelf (archive footage)Leslie BanksSelf (archive footage)Clarence BrooksSelf (archive footage)Cab CallowaySelf (archive footage)Walter ConnollySelf (archive footage)Miriam CooperSelf (archive footage)Dudley DiggesSelf (archive footage)Duke EllingtonSelf (archive footage)Marcus GarveySelf (archive footage)

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