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TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

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Calorie Rating: 141
Released: 2004-01-01
Running Time: 100 Minutes
Studios: Multicom Entertainment Group,


Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the medium's first half-century. Actors, writers and historians discuss the image of black America on television from Amos and Andy to the present day. The interviews accompany clips from groundbreaking shows and performances by entertainment pioneers that create a timeline of the portrayal of African Americans throughout TV history.

Director / Directors



Cast

Muhammad Ali
Character: Self (archive footage)
Jonelle Allen
Character: Self
John Amos
Character: (archive footage)

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Character: Self (archive footage)
Desi Arnaz
Character: (archive footage)
Obba Babatundé
Character: Self

Pearl Bailey
Character: Self (archive footage)
Lucille Ball
Character: (archive footage)
Harry Belafonte
Character: Self (archive footage)

Patricia Belcher
Character: Self
Willie Best
Character: Self (archive footage)
H. Rap Brown
Character: Self (archive footage)

Cindy Birdsong
Character: Self (archive footage)
James Brown
Character: Self (archive footage)
Cab Calloway
Character: Self (archive footage)

Diahann Carroll
Character: (archive footage)
Ray Charles
Character: Self (archive footage)
Bill Cosby
Character: Self (archive footage)

Sammy Davis Jr.
Character: Self (archive footage)
Ruby Dee
Character: (archive footage)
Redd Foxx
Character: (archive footage)

Marvin Gaye
Character: Self (archive footage)
Whoopi Goldberg
Character: Self (archive footage)
Arsenio Hall
Character: Self (archive footage)

Lena Horne
Character: Self (archive footage)
Michael Jackson
Character: Self (archive footage)


Production and Crew


Dante J. Pugliese
Executive Producer