TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the medium's first half-century. Actors, writers and historians discuss the image of black America on television from Amos and Andy to the present day. The interviews accompany clips from groundbreaking shows and performances by entertainment pioneers that create a timeline of the portrayal of African Americans throughout TV history.
- Released
- 2004-01-01
- Genres
- Documentary
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Status
- Released
- TMDB rating
- 5.3/10 from 3 votes
Cast
- Muhammad Ali as Self (archive footage)
- Jonelle Allen as Self
- John Amos as (archive footage)
- Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson as Self (archive footage)
- Desi Arnaz as (archive footage)
- Obba Babatundé as Self
- Pearl Bailey as Self (archive footage)
- Lucille Ball as (archive footage)
- Harry Belafonte as Self (archive footage)
- Patricia Belcher as Self
- Willie Best as Self (archive footage)
- H. Rap Brown as Self (archive footage)