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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
📅 4/19/1975⏱️ 52 minutes0
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
📅 4/19/1975⏱️ 52 minutes0
Overview
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.
Release Date
April 19, 1975
Runtime
52 minutes
Rating
★0.0/100
Status
Released
Genres
Documentary
Cast
Ossie Davis
Narrator
Lorenzo Tucker
Self (archive sound)
Fredi Washington
Self (archive sound)
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)
Dudley Digges
Self (archive footage)
Duke Ellington
Self (archive footage)
Marcus Garvey
Self (archive footage)
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