Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)
52m
Running Time
April 19, 1975Release Date
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)
52m
Running Time
April 19, 1975Release Date
Plot.
Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.
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Cast & Crew.
Ossie Davis
Narrator
Fredi Washington
Self
George Johnson
Self
Lorenzo Tucker
Self
Steven York
Director
Josephine Baker
Self (archive footage)
Thomas Cripps
Writer
William Bowman
Producer
Leslie Banks
Self (archive footage)
Clarence Brooks
Self (archive footage)
Lucia Lynn Moses
Self
Cab Calloway
Self (archive footage)
Walter Connolly
Self (archive footage)
Henry Armstrong
Self
Miriam Cooper
Self (archive footage)
Dudley Digges
Self (archive footage)
Duke Ellington
Self (archive footage)
Marcus Garvey
Self (archive footage)
Lillian Gish
Self (archive footage)
Jack Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Noble Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Walter Long
Self (archive footage)
William Lundigan
Self (archive footage)
Mae Marsh
Self (archive footage)
Clarence Muse
Self (archive footage)
William E. Pettus
Self (archive footage)
Bud Pollard
Self (archive footage)
Paul Robeson
Self (archive footage)
Henry B. Walthall
Self (archive footage)
Ethel Waters
Self (archive footage)
Bert Williams
Self (archive footage)
Spencer Williams
Self (archive footage)