MOVIE
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Documentary
Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.
Top cast
Ossie DavisNarrator- George JohnsonSelf (archive sound)
Lorenzo TuckerSelf (archive sound)- Lucia Lynn MosesSelf (archive sound)
Fredi WashingtonSelf (archive sound)- Henry ArmstrongSelf (archive footage)
Josephine BakerSelf (archive footage)
Leslie BanksSelf (archive footage)
Clarence BrooksSelf (archive footage)
Cab CallowaySelf (archive footage)
Walter ConnollySelf (archive footage)
Miriam CooperSelf (archive footage)
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