Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

Documentary 1975 · 52m

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

Cast

20 people

Ossie Davis Narrator

G George Johnson Self (archive sound)

Lorenzo Tucker Self (archive sound)

L Lucia Lynn Moses Self (archive sound)

Fredi Washington Self (archive sound)

H Henry Armstrong Self (archive footage)

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)

J Jack Johnson Self (archive footage)

Noble Johnson Self (archive footage)