Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.
Acted in
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)
Walter Connolly
as Self (archive footage)
Miriam Cooper
as Self (archive footage)
Dudley Digges
as Self (archive footage)
Duke Ellington
as Self (archive footage)
Marcus Garvey
as Self (archive footage)
Lillian Gish
as Self (archive footage)
Jack Johnson
as Self (archive footage)
Noble Johnson
as Self (archive footage)
Walter Long
as Self (archive footage)
William Lundigan
as Self (archive footage)
Mae Marsh
as Self (archive footage)
Clarence Muse
as Self (archive footage)
William E. Pettus
as Self (archive footage)
Bud Pollard
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Robeson
as Self (archive footage)
Henry B. Walthall
as Self (archive footage)
Ethel Waters
as Self (archive footage)
Bert Williams
as Self (archive footage)
Spencer Williams
as Self (archive footage)