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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

1975

0h 52m

Documentary

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

Cast

Ossie Davis

Narrator

Lorenzo Tucker

Self (archive sound)

Fredi Washington

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Josephine Baker

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Leslie Banks

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Clarence Brooks

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Cab Calloway

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Walter Connolly

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Miriam Cooper

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Dudley Digges

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Duke Ellington

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Marcus Garvey

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Lillian Gish

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Noble Johnson

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Walter Long

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William Lundigan

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Mae Marsh

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Clarence Muse

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Paul Robeson

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Henry B. Walthall

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Ethel Waters

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Bert Williams

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Spencer Williams

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George Johnson

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Lucia Lynn Moses

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Henry Armstrong

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Jack Johnson

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William E. Pettus

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Bud Pollard

Self (archive footage)

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