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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
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.
Director and 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)
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