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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)

ALL 04/19/1975 (en) Documentary 52 Min
  • Release
    04/19/1975
  • Production
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  • Original title
    Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

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

  1. Steven York

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Steven York

    Editor



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  1. Ossie Davis

    Narrator

  2. George Johnson

    Self (archive sound)

  3. Lorenzo Tucker

    Self (archive sound)

  4. Lucia Lynn Moses

    Self (archive sound)

  5. Fredi Washington

    Self (archive sound)

  6. Henry Armstrong

    Self (archive footage)

  7. Josephine Baker

    Self (archive footage)

  8. Leslie Banks

    Self (archive footage)

  9. Clarence Brooks

    Self (archive footage)

  10. Cab Calloway

    Self (archive footage)

  11. Walter Connolly

    Self (archive footage)

  12. Miriam Cooper

    Self (archive footage)

  13. Dudley Digges

    Self (archive footage)

  14. Duke Ellington

    Self (archive footage)

  15. Marcus Garvey

    Self (archive footage)

  16. Lillian Gish

    Self (archive footage)

  17. Jack Johnson

    Self (archive footage)

  18. Noble Johnson

    Self (archive footage)

  19. Walter Long

    Self (archive footage)

  20. William Lundigan

    Self (archive footage)

  21. Mae Marsh

    Self (archive footage)

  22. Clarence Muse

    Self (archive footage)

  23. William E. Pettus

    Self (archive footage)

  24. Bud Pollard

    Self (archive footage)

  25. Paul Robeson

    Self (archive footage)

  26. Henry B. Walthall

    Self (archive footage)

  27. Ethel Waters

    Self (archive footage)

  28. Bert Williams

    Self (archive footage)

  29. Spencer Williams

    Self (archive footage)

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Casts : 29 , Crews : 5

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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975) 52 Min

ALL 04/19/1975 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 04/19/1975
  • Production
  • Original title Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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

  1. Steven York

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Steven York

    Editor

  4. William Bowman, Stephen Henriquez

    Producer



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