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TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)

ALL 01/01/2004 (en) Documentary 100 Min
  • Release
    01/01/2004
  • Production
    Multicom Entertainment Group
  • Rotten tomato
    40%
  • Original title
    TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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Casts

  1. Muhammad Ali

    Self (archive footage)

  2. Jonelle Allen

    Self

  3. John Amos

    (archive footage)

  4. Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

    Self (archive footage)

  5. Desi Arnaz

    (archive footage)

  6. Obba Babatundé

    Self

  7. Pearl Bailey

    Self (archive footage)

  8. Lucille Ball

    (archive footage)

  9. Harry Belafonte

    Self (archive footage)

  10. Patricia Belcher

    Self

  11. Willie Best

    Self (archive footage)

  12. H. Rap Brown

    Self (archive footage)

  13. Cindy Birdsong

    Self (archive footage)

  14. James Brown

    Self (archive footage)

  15. Cab Calloway

    Self (archive footage)

  16. Diahann Carroll

    (archive footage)

  17. Ray Charles

    Self (archive footage)

  18. Bill Cosby

    Self (archive footage)

  19. Sammy Davis Jr.

    Self (archive footage)

  20. Ruby Dee

    (archive footage)

  21. Redd Foxx

    (archive footage)

  22. Marvin Gaye

    Self (archive footage)

  23. Whoopi Goldberg

    Self (archive footage)

  24. Arsenio Hall

    Self (archive footage)

  25. Lena Horne

    Self (archive footage)

  26. Michael Jackson

    Self (archive footage)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 26 , Crews : 4

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TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004) 100 Min

ALL 01/01/2004 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 01/01/2004
  • Production
    Multicom Entertainment Group
  • Original title TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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