Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)
Documentary
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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.
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Cast
Ossie Davis
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George Johnson
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Lorenzo Tucker
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Lucia Lynn Moses
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Fredi Washington
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Henry Armstrong
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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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