Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy (1983)

7.0/10 • 48 min • Documentary

Overview

The history of the television version of "Amos and Andy" and the public outcry to cancel it.

Cast

Ernestine Wade

Self / Sapphire

Marla Gibbs

Redd Foxx

Jesse Jackson

Alvin Childress

Spencer Williams

Freeman F. Gosden

Charles J. Correll

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Directed by John Ford

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