Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)
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.
- Released
- 1975-04-19
- Genres
- Documentary
- Runtime
- 52 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Steven York
Cast
- 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)
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