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.

• Steven YorkDirector
• Thomas CrippsWriter

• Ossie DavisNarrator
• George JohnsonSelf (archive sound)
• Lorenzo TuckerSelf (archive sound)
• Lucia Lynn MosesSelf (archive sound)
• Fredi WashingtonSelf (archive sound)
• Henry ArmstrongSelf (archive footage)
• Josephine BakerSelf (archive footage)
• Leslie BanksSelf (archive footage)
• Clarence BrooksSelf (archive footage)
• Cab CallowaySelf (archive footage)
• Walter ConnollySelf (archive footage)
• Miriam CooperSelf (archive footage)