Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
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Actor, writer, director and activist Ossie Davis narrates this look at the history of race films, those produced from the 1920s-50s catered to a primarily Black audience.
Cast
Ossie Davis
Narrator
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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)
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