Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 1975-04-19
  • Runtime: 0h 52min
  • Language: English
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Steven York

Summary

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

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  • Ossie Davis

    as Narrator

  • George Johnson

    as Self (archive sound)

  • Lorenzo Tucker

    as Self (archive sound)

  • Lucia Lynn Moses

    as Self (archive sound)

  • Fredi Washington

    as Self (archive sound)

  • Henry Armstrong

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Josephine Baker

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Leslie Banks

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Clarence Brooks

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Cab Calloway

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Walter Connolly

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Miriam Cooper

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Dudley Digges

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Duke Ellington

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Marcus Garvey

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Lillian Gish

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Jack Johnson

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Noble Johnson

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Walter Long

    as Self (archive footage)

  • William Lundigan

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Mae Marsh

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Clarence Muse

    as Self (archive footage)

  • William E. Pettus

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Bud Pollard

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Paul Robeson

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Henry B. Walthall

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Ethel Waters

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Bert Williams

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Spencer Williams

    as Self (archive footage)
Directing Steven York Director
Production William Bowman Producer
Editing Steven York Editor
Writing Thomas Cripps Writer
Production Stephen Henriquez Producer

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