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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

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Calorie Rating: 73
Released: 1975-04-19
Running Time: 52 Minutes


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

Director / Directors

Steven York
Director


Cast

Ossie Davis
Character: Narrator
George Johnson
Character: Self (archive sound)
Lorenzo Tucker
Character: Self (archive sound)

Lucia Lynn Moses
Character: Self (archive sound)
Fredi Washington
Character: Self (archive sound)
Henry Armstrong
Character: Self (archive footage)

Josephine Baker
Character: Self (archive footage)
Leslie Banks
Character: Self (archive footage)
Clarence Brooks
Character: Self (archive footage)

Cab Calloway
Character: Self (archive footage)
Walter Connolly
Character: Self (archive footage)
Miriam Cooper
Character: Self (archive footage)

Dudley Digges
Character: Self (archive footage)
Duke Ellington
Character: Self (archive footage)
Marcus Garvey
Character: Self (archive footage)

Lillian Gish
Character: Self (archive footage)
Jack Johnson
Character: Self (archive footage)
Noble Johnson
Character: Self (archive footage)

Walter Long
Character: Self (archive footage)
William Lundigan
Character: Self (archive footage)
Mae Marsh
Character: Self (archive footage)

Clarence Muse
Character: Self (archive footage)
William E. Pettus
Character: Self (archive footage)
Bud Pollard
Character: Self (archive footage)

Paul Robeson
Character: Self (archive footage)
Henry B. Walthall
Character: Self (archive footage)
Ethel Waters
Character: Self (archive footage)

Bert Williams
Character: Self (archive footage)
Spencer Williams
Character: Self (archive footage)


Production and Crew