Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)
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.
- Date of release
- 1975-04-19
- Runtime
- 52m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Steven York
Casting
- 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)
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