Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

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

Ossie Davis

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))

Dudley Digges

(Self (archive footage))

Duke Ellington

(Self (archive footage))

Marcus Garvey

(Self (archive footage))

Lillian Gish

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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))