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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

Release Year
1975
Runtime
52m
Genres
Documentary
Directed By
Steven York
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

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

Cast & Crew

Cast

Ossie Davis

Narrator

George Johnson

Self (archive sound)

Lorenzo Tucker

Self (archive sound)

Lucia Lynn Moses

Self (archive sound)

Fredi Washington

Self (archive sound)

Henry Armstrong

Self (archive footage)

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)

Crew

Steven York

Director

Steven York

Editor

William Bowman

Producer

Stephen Henriquez

Producer

Thomas Cripps

Writer

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