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  • Black Shadows on the Silver Screen (1975)
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    TV Movie | 60 min | Documentary
Black Shadows on the Silver Screen (1975)
Not Rated
TV Movie | 60 min | Documentary

Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.
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Updated Dec 31, 1975

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1975 (United States)

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29 cast members
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Ossie Davis
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Fredi Washington
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George Johnson
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Lorenzo Tucker
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Lucia Lynn Moses
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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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Lillian Gish
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Jack Johnson
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Noble Johnson
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Walter Long
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William Lundigan
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Mae Marsh
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Clarence Muse
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William E. Pettus
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Bud Pollard
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Paul Robeson
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Henry B. Walthall
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Ethel Waters
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Bert Williams
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Spencer Williams
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