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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
52 minutes1975-04-19
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Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.
Cast
![Ossie Davis](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ubOu0TvauzO1gdPe7eVSJuCx8Rz.jpg)
Ossie Davis
Narrator
![George Johnson](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
George Johnson
Self (archive sound)
![Lorenzo Tucker](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//nGyEPzgydZ3i1cB8NVzuFkiwoDt.jpg)
Lorenzo Tucker
Self (archive sound)
![Lucia Lynn Moses](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Lucia Lynn Moses
Self (archive sound)
![Fredi Washington](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3wUddOEBvJYLDTL8l1hvRgbF70I.jpg)
Fredi Washington
Self (archive sound)
![Henry Armstrong](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Henry Armstrong
Self (archive footage)
![Josephine Baker](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//wdSYqyqZKjM923BX7VhTuvdYRwt.jpg)
Josephine Baker
Self (archive footage)
![Leslie Banks](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//nZuJTNrU2stqxn7L39ELyaq1A42.jpg)
Leslie Banks
Self (archive footage)
![Clarence Brooks](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ofwLKOI7IpAqC7GMBLeEiFFMCT.jpg)
Clarence Brooks
Self (archive footage)
![Cab Calloway](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//f0OpP3320LMbpztlZPsQHIFCMz4.jpg)
Cab Calloway
Self (archive footage)
![Walter Connolly](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//mJB6tVqIlr5zhiSqCx2Vl0Kr6Nw.jpg)
Walter Connolly
Self (archive footage)
![Miriam Cooper](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kJtdYZYTJV51qPleIMeKvdv2WHh.jpg)
Miriam Cooper
Self (archive footage)
![Dudley Digges](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//1VCZYSSO7JTrwMLeI1NBp4d7o2x.jpg)
Dudley Digges
Self (archive footage)
![Duke Ellington](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//hTCwPeVDs2lKqsnkzpHAIM3huMq.jpg)
Duke Ellington
Self (archive footage)
![Marcus Garvey](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//xfb9lfTdGDIkYEwRz00xUUsMGEE.jpg)
Marcus Garvey
Self (archive footage)
![Lillian Gish](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//6DCWtvv654sc8p2OPnxGbKvl2qC.jpg)
Lillian Gish
Self (archive footage)
![Jack Johnson](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jack Johnson
Self (archive footage)
![Noble Johnson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ktN2dIxPBTdt7RqpFoWD0upCbUp.jpg)
Noble Johnson
Self (archive footage)
![Walter Long](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//oS2Ip4I7H5MQhKQcTNXVqMK62Im.jpg)
Walter Long
Self (archive footage)
![William Lundigan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8iO4Ttj5QmXaRbeqUxEB4g2ftoP.jpg)
William Lundigan
Self (archive footage)
![Mae Marsh](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//1PDFSBQCwJ1yteuffEJgwSrAVra.jpg)
Mae Marsh
Self (archive footage)
![Clarence Muse](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//9k5D1LxHU7C0MhErSiY1uVt0mm8.jpg)
Clarence Muse
Self (archive footage)
![William E. Pettus](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
William E. Pettus
Self (archive footage)
![Bud Pollard](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Bud Pollard
Self (archive footage)
![Paul Robeson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kwi1iyhlpvQ9GhxUto1vwwEdSc0.jpg)
Paul Robeson
Self (archive footage)
![Henry B. Walthall](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//v8G0OotHtSpp4iB2CBwWl9LFVkW.jpg)
Henry B. Walthall
Self (archive footage)
![Ethel Waters](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//iMNS2WKN7KlgW3uCwB6lGNSS480.jpg)
Ethel Waters
Self (archive footage)
![Bert Williams](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//4hNIg8lkfINoYLihk5g86I6YdqB.jpg)
Bert Williams
Self (archive footage)
![Spencer Williams](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//y7cm5858OMIm1x34uxmVPsF8zPV.jpg)