Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)

0.0/10 52 min Documentary

Overview

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

Cast

Ossie Davis

Narrator

Lorenzo Tucker

Self (archive sound)

Fredi Washington

Self (archive sound)

Josephine Baker

Self (archive footage)

Leslie Banks

Self (archive footage)

Clarence Brooks

Self (archive footage)

Cab Calloway

Self (archive footage)

Walter Connolly

Self (archive footage)

Miriam Cooper

Self (archive footage)

Dudley Digges

Self (archive footage)

Duke Ellington

Self (archive footage)

Marcus Garvey

Self (archive footage)

Lillian Gish

Self (archive footage)

Noble Johnson

Self (archive footage)

Walter Long

Self (archive footage)

William Lundigan

Self (archive footage)

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