Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975-04-19 | 52 minutes
Plot Summary
Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.
Cast
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Ossie DavisNarrator
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Lorenzo TuckerSelf (archive sound)
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Fredi WashingtonSelf (archive sound)
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Josephine BakerSelf (archive footage)
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Leslie BanksSelf (archive footage)
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Clarence BrooksSelf (archive footage)
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Cab CallowaySelf (archive footage)
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Walter ConnollySelf (archive footage)
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Miriam CooperSelf (archive footage)
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Dudley DiggesSelf (archive footage)
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Duke EllingtonSelf (archive footage)
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Marcus GarveySelf (archive footage)
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Lillian GishSelf (archive footage)
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Noble JohnsonSelf (archive footage)
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Walter LongSelf (archive footage)
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William LundiganSelf (archive footage)