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seeming to be racist herein was filmed or written by others 50 to 100 years ago.
Afro-American Actors & Actresses
List of African-American Actors (and Actresses) at Wikipedia
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Mahershala Ali
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0991810/
"Crossing Jordan" TV series [2001-2002] /tt0284718/
"The 4400" TV series [2004-2007] /tt0389564/
"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1" [2014] /tt1951265/
"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2" [2015] /tt1951266/
"House of Cards" TV series [2013-2016] /tt1856010/
"Moonlight" [2016] /tt4975722/
won Oscar for Best Supporting Actor; won Image Award for Best Supporting Actor
"Hidden Figures" [] /tt4846340/
"Green Book" [2018] /tt6966692/
won Oscar for Best Supporting Actor; won BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor
"Alita: Battle Angel" [2019] /tt0437086/
"True Detective" TV series [2019] /tt2356777/
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characters Amos 'n' Andy [est. 1928]
Amos 'n' Andy entry at Wikipedia
radio voice actor Charles J. Correll [1890-1972]
IMDb listing
Wikipedia
radio voice actor Freeman Gosden [1899-1982]
IMDb listing
Wikipedia
"Sam 'n' Henry" [WGN radio in Chicago Jan 1926 to July 1928] 586 episodes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_%27n%27_Henry
"Sam 'n' Henry" [Chicago Tribune 1926] a selection of 25 of the radio scripts
"Amos 'n' Andy" [WMAQ Chicago & CBS Radio March 1928 to 1943]
"All About Amos 'n' Andy and Their Creators" [1929] by Correll and Gosden - reprinted in 2007 & 2008
"Amos 'n' Andy" comic strip in the Chicago Daily News
"Check and Double Check" [1930] starring Amos 'n Andy, with Duke Ellington & orchestra
"The Rasslin' Match" [Van Beuren Studios Jan 1934] featuring Freeman Gosden & Charles Correll
{IMDb credits}
watch 1934 "Amos 'n' Andy in The Rasslin' Match" b&w cartoon short [9:59] online at YouTube
"The Lion Tamer" [Van Beuren Studios Feb 1934] featuring Freeman Gosden & Charles Correll
{IMDb credits}
watch 1934 "Amos 'n' Andy in The Lion Tamer" b&w cartoon short [8:42] online at YouTube
"The Big Broadcast of 1936" starring Gosden and Correll
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Broadcast_of_1936
"The Amos 'n' Andy Show" [CBS Radio 194355]
"The Amos & Andy Show" [1951-53 TV series] /tt0043175/
"Amos 'n' Andy's Music Hall" [CBS Radio 1955 to Nov 1960]
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Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson [1905-77]
IMDb listing
Wikipedia
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James Baskett [1904-48]
Both Hedda Hopper and Walt Disney lobbied for an Adademy Award for James Baskett; he received an Honorary Oscar in 1948. Baskett was a longtime stage & movie actor
based in Harlem (New York City) who is most famous for his role as Uncle Remus in Disney's "Song of The South" [1946].
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baskett
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Josephine Baker [1906-75]
browse Josephine Baker on DVD IMDb listing
Broadway credits
Wikipedia
official Josephine Baker website
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Louise Beavers [1902-62]
browse Louise Beavers on DVD IMDb listing
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star of the 'Beulah' TV series
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singer-actor Harry Belafonte
browse Harry Belafonte on DVD IMDb listing
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actress Halle Berry
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athlete-actor Jim Brown
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Roscoe Lee Browne [1925-2007]
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Oscar-nominated actress Diahann Carroll [d. 2019]
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Don Cheadle
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"Devil In A Blue Dress" [1995]
"Bulworth" [1998]
"Ocean's Eleven" [2001]
"Ocean's Twelve" [2004]
"Hotel Rwanda" [2004]
"Crash" [2004]
"Ocean's Thirteen" [2007]
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Nat 'King' Cole [1919-65]
browse Nat 'King' Cole on DVD
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Nat King Cole Society [est. 1994]
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comedian Bill Cosby
browse Bill Cosby on DVD official site
IMDb listing
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"Bill Cosby: Himself" concert film [1984]
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Scatman Crothers [1910-86]
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singer-actress Dorothy Dandridge [1922-65]
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actor-director Ossie Davis [1917-2005]
browse Ossie Davis on DVD IMDb listing
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was married for 56 years to
Ruby Dee
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entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. [1925-90]
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entertainer Viola Davis
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actor-director Ivan Dixon [1931-2008]
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entertainer James Edwards []
"James Edwards: African American Hollywood Icon" [Dec 2009] by Pamala Suzette Deane
http://www.amazon.com/James-Edwards-American-Hollywood-Paperback/dp/0786444150/
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Stepin Fetchit {real name Lincoln Perry} [1902-85]
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"Stepin Fetchit: The Life and Times of Lincoln Perry" [2005] by Mel Watkins Vintage pb [11/2006] for $15.95 Pantheon 9x6¼ hardcover [10/2005] out of print/many used |
 | "Shuffling To Ignominy: The Tragedy Of Stepin Fetchit" [2005] by Champ Clark iUniverse 8¾x5¾ pb [9/2005] for $14.95 |
Laurence Fishburne
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Morgan Freeman
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Danny Glover
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entertainer Whoopi Goldberg
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Cuba Gooding, Jr.
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Louis Gossett, Jr.
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Pam Grier
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Moses Gunn [1929-93]
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musician-actor Isaac Hayes [1942-2008]
browse Isaac Hayes on DVD official website
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Wikipedia
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Gregory Hines [1946-2003]
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Robert Hooks
IMDb listing
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his son, actor-director Kevin Hooks
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singer & actress Lena Horne [1917-2010]
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actor Djimon Hounsou
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Samuel L. Jackson
browse Samuel L. Jackson on DVD
official website
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listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008
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actor-singer Herb Jeffries [1913-2014]
official website
IMDb listing
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Harlem On The Prairie" [1937]
"Two-Gun Man From Harlem" [1938]
"Harlem Rides The Range" [1939]
"The Bronze Buckaroo" [1939]
"Calypso Joe" [1957] co-starring Angie Dickinson
"Chrome and Hot Leather" [1971]
"Portrait of A Hitman" [1977]
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James Earl Jones
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Regina King
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Yaphet Kotto
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Jackie 'Moms' Mabley [1894-1975]
IMDb listing
Broadway credits
Wikipedia
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William Marshall [1924-2003]
IMDb listing
Wikipedia
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 ![first black performer to win an Oscar, for "Gone With The Wind" [1939]](images/oscar_sm.gif) | actress Hattie McDaniel [1895-1952]
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largely-forgotten actor Curtis 'Snowball' McHenry [?-??]
IMDb listing [1924-28] no listing at Wikipedia
"Pocahontas and John Smith" silent short [Universal Pictures Hysterical History Comedies Oct 1924] /tt0323661/
Co-produced, written & directed by Bryan Foy; starring Lola Todd, C.L. Sherwood & Curtis McHenry
"Robinson Crusoe" silent short [Universal Pictures Hysterical History Comedies Oct 1924] /tt0323822/
Co-produced, written & directed by Bryan Foy; starring Lola Todd, C.L. Sherwood & Curtis McHenry {as Friday}
"Stop, Look, and Listen" silent short [Path้ Exchange Jan 1926] /tt0017433/
Produced, co-written & directed by and starring Larry Semon; also starring Dorothy Dwan, Mary Carr, William Gillespie,
Lionel Belmore, B.F. Blinn, Bull Montana, Oliver Hardy {also asst. director}, Curtis McHenry & Josef Swickard
"The Lyin' Tamer" silent short [Fox Oct 1926] /tt0492274/
"The Great K & A Train Robbery" silent Western feature [Fox Oct 1926] /tt0016939/
Starring Tom Mix, Dorothy Dwan, Will Walling, Harry Gripp, Carl Miller, Edward Peil Sr., Curtis McHenry,
John Wayne {as an extra} & Tony the Horse
"Isle of Sunken Gold" 10-chapter silent South Seas serial [Mascot Pictures Sept 1927] /tt0018032/
Starring Bruce Gordon, Anita Stewart, Duke Kahanamoku, Evangeline Russell, Curtis McHenry &
Jack P. Pierce
"Goofy Ghosts" silent short [Paramount Pictures April 1928] /tt0253107/
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singer-actress Lonette McKee
http://www.lonettemckee.com/
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Nina Mae McKinney 'The Black Garbo' [1913-67]
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Butterfly McQueen [1911-95]
browse Butterfly McQueen on DVD IMDb listing Wikipedia
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comic actor Mantan Moreland [1902-73]
IMDb listing
Wikipedia
portrayed the driver-sidekick in 14 Charlie Chan movies, 1944-49
JM's Mantan Moreland fansite
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Eddie Murphy
browse Eddie Murphy on DVD IMDb listing Wikipedia
"48 Hrs. [1982]
"Beverly Hills Cop [1984]
"Beverly Hills Cop II [1987]
"Another 48 Hrs. [1990]
"Beverly Hills Cop III [1994]
"The Nutty Professor [1996]
"Nutty Professor II: The Klumps [2000]
"Beverly Hills Cop" [Sony TV/CBS-TV - in production 2013] 
Announced 2/2013: Funnyman Kevin Pollak is hired for the pilot, which centers on Axel Foleys police-officer son, Aaron (Brandon T. Jackson), who
goes after criminal elements of the rich & famous in Beverly Hills while trying to escape his famous fathers shadow
latest info at IMDb
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dance team The Nicholas Brothers
Fayard Nicholas [19142006] and Harold Nicholas [19212000]
considered members of the The Harlem Renaissance
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Brothers
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actor Brock Peters [1927-2005]
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| | actor Sidney Poitier browse Sidney Poitier on DVD IMDb listing Broadway credits Wikipedia |
Sidney Poitier Film Festival [March 2012 = #1] in The Bahamas
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singer-actor Paul Robeson [1898-1976]
browse Paul Robeson on DVD
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Wikipedia
on H.U.A.C.'s Hollywood Blacklist, 1952-56
Paul Robeson Tribute DVD
"Paul Robeson Speaks: Writings, Speeches, Interviews, 19181974" []
"Paul Robeson: A Biography" [] by Martin B. Duberman
"Body and Soul" [1925 silent] starring Paul Robeson, directed by Oscar Micheaux
"Song of Freedom" musical [1936] with Paul Robeson
"Big Fella" musical [1937] with Paul Robeson
"Native Land" b&w documentary film [Frontier Films May 1942]
 | "a scathing leftist critique of violence, racism, and working class oppression" Dramatized pro-labor documentary, based on the La Follette Committee's 1936-41 investigation into repression of labor organizing Co-written & co-produced & co-directed by later-expatriate Paul Strand & [blacklistee] Leo Hurwitz, co-written by Ben Maddow {as David Wolff}; narrated by [blacklistee] Paul Robeson [1898-1976]; actors include [blacklistee] Howard Da Silva, Mary George, Fred Johnson, John Marley & Robert Strauss
at last on DVD! Flicker Alley/Blackhawk b&w DVD [10/2016] for $19.98 Kino Video b&w VHS [3/94] out of prodn/scarce full credits from IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia watch full movie [5/2017 upload; 1:28:30] online at YouTube |
"Paul Robeson: Portraits of The Artist" disk set (8 movies 1925-79, many extras)
Criterion Collection b&w DVD set [2/2007] 4 disks for $47.51
"Robeson" biopic [Four Stars Intl. 2014?]
Announced 2/2013: South African director Darrell Roodt is hired for the Paul Robeson biopic; David Harewood has signed up to star;
to be produced by Greg Carter & Richard Akel, from a script by Akel and Terry Bisson latest info at IMDb
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dancer-actor Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson [1878-1949]
browse Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson on DVD IMDb listing
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Richard Roundtree {'Shaft'}
browse Richard Roundtree on DVD
official website
IMDb listing
Wikipedia
listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008
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Will Smith
browse Will Smith on DVD IMDb listing
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listed Top Ten Star 2008
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Wesley Snipes
browse Wesley Snipes on DVD IMDb listing
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listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008
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actor-stuntman Woody Strode [1914-94]
IMDb listing
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"Black Jesus" [1971] feature film starring Woody Strode
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005U12B
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"Goal Dust: The Warm & Candid Memoirs of A Pioneer Black Athlete & Actor" autobiography [1990] by Woody Strode & Sam Young Madison Books 9x6 hardcover [6/90] out of print/used |
Lorenzo Tucker 'The Black Valentino' [1907-86]
IMDb listing
Wikipedia
 | "The Black Valentino: The Stage & Screen Career of Lorenzo Tucker" [1988] by Richard Grupenhoff Scarecrow Press 9x6½ hardcover [3/88] out of print/used |
Glynn Turman
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actress Cicely Tyson
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Denzel Washington
browse Denzel Washington on DVD IMDb listing
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listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008
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actress Kerry Washington
very busy in 2012; won 3 NAACP Image Awards 2/2013
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Ethel Waters [1900-77]
browse Ethel Waters on DVD
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is considered a member of the The Harlem Renaissance
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Carl Weathers
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best known for his portrayal of Apollo Creed in the 'Rocky' movies
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actor-director Forrest Whitaker
browse Forrest Whitaker on DVD IMDb listing
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new bio "Heat wave" [] by Donald Bogle
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Billy Dee Williams
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athlete-actor Fred Williamson
browse Fred Williamson on DVD IMDb listing
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listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008
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Paul Winfield [1939-2004]
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entertainment mogul Oprah Winfrey
browse Oprah Winfrey on DVD
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P.B.S. 'Makers Profiles' short videos of Oprah Winfrey
Documentary Films
 
| "The Negro Soldier" [U.S. War Dept. April 1944] 43-minute short film documenting the contributions of Afro-Americans to America's victory in World War II — straight-forward propaganda for the recruitment of Afro-American soldiers Produced by Col. Frank Capra; directed by Capt. Stuart Heisler; script by Carlton Moss; starring Clarence Brooks, Lt. Norman Ford, Carlton Moss, Sgt. Clyde Turner & Bertha Woolford on DVD at last! em3 video b&w DVD [10/2015] for $24.95 Sony b&w VHS [6/94] out of prodn/used Hollywood Select Video b&w VHS [3/2000] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia watch full movie [10/2012 upload; 42:32] online at YouTube |
 | "Prejudice In America: Compelling Films From Our Racist Past, 1957-60" [2014] contains 5 short films: 28-minute "All The Way Home" [Dynamic Films 1957]: A long time resident puts a For Sale sign up in front of his home in a quiet, tree-lined, all-white neighborhood; when a black family stops by to look at the house, it creates a buzz which unleashes a wave of fear, panic, and racism that threaten to tear the community apart {IMDb credits}; "Palmour Street" [1957]: heartfelt true-image depiction of life in a low-income black community in Georgia {not listed at IMDb}; 12-minute "What About Prejudice" [McGraw-Hill Book Co. 1959]: the first black student enrolls in an all-white high school {IMDb credits}; 28-minute "Integration Report 1" [1960]: film clips from the front lines of the battle for integration; highlights include a speech by Rev. Martin Luther King {IMDb credits}; "The New Girl In The Office" [U.S. Govt. 1960]: when an employer announces plans to hire an Afro-American secretary, some of his key employees threaten to quit{not listed at IMDb} watch movie [30:41] online at YouTube Alpha Video b&w DVD [7/2014] for $5.98 |
 | "That's Black Entertainment" [Skyline Ent. 1990] Covers 'race' movies & stars from 1929 to 1957 Co-produced, written & co-directed by G. William Jones; co-directed & hosted by William Greaves NOTE: this is not the same film as the 3-part Starz show of 2002 {above} On Deck Home Ent. VHS [11/99] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Midnight Ramble: The Story of The Black Film Industry" [P.B.S./American Experience TV documentary aired Oct 1994] Co-produced & co-directed by Bestor Cram; co-directed by Pearl Bowser; narrated by James Avery; largely about pioneer Oscar Micheaux [1884-1951] Shanachie Video color VHS [2/95] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb |
 | "Small Steps - Big Strides: The Black Experience In Hollywood" [A.M.C. TV special Feb 1998] Directed by Velma Cato; hosted by Louis Gossett, Jr.; featuring Harry Belafonte, Donald Bogle, Diahann Carroll, Dorothy Dandridge, Ruby Dee, Stepin Fetchit, Gregory Hines, Lena Horne, James Earl Jones, the Nicholas Brothers, Paul Robeson, Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson, Bobby Short, and Ethel Waters; with film clips from "Stormy Weather" [1943], "Pinky" [1949], "No Way Out" [1950], "Carmen Jones" [1954], and "The Great White Hope" [1970] Image Ent. color DVD [1/2006] for $12.99 Fox color VHS [1/98] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb |
 | "It's Black Entertainment" TV special [Showtime 2001] Featured artists include Cab Calloway, Sammy Davis Jr., Snoop Dogg, Ella Fitzgerald, Whitney Houston, Ice T, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Spike Lee, Little Richard, Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson, Diana Ross & Russell Simmons Directed by Stan Lathan; hosted by Vanessa Williams Showtime Ent. color DVD [7/2001] for $9.98 Showtime Ent. color VHS [7/2001] for $9.48 full credits from IMDb |
 | "That's Black Entertainment" documentary [Starz! 2002]
S'more Ent. color/b&w DVD set [1/2007] 3 disks for $9.99 A three-part original documentary series celebrating legendary black actors, comedians & Westerns; broadcast on Starz! in 2002 as three episodes: "Actors", "Comedians", and "Westerns" Directed by Walid Khaldi, written by Sean Whitley; hosted by Mario Van Peebles NOTE: this is not the same as the independent Skyline docufilm of 1990 {below} |
 | "Movies of Color: Black Southern Cinema" documentary [2002] Documentary directed by Tom Thurman about early 'race' movies in America; not listed at IMDb; DVD also includes two films by director Spencer Williams [1889-1965]: "The Blood of Jesus" [1941] & "Go Down Death" [1944] Winstar color DVD [2/2003] out of prodn/scarce Winstar color VHS [2/2003] out of prodn/scarce |
 | "Baadasssss Cinema: A Bold Look At 70s Blaxploitation Films" hour-long TV documentary [I.F.C./Minerva Aug 2002] Directed by Isaac Julien; featuring Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Quentin Tarantino, Melvin Van Peebles & Fred Williamson, with archive footage of Jim Brown, Tamara Dobson, Isaac Hayes, Max Julien, Yaphet Kotto, Curtis Mayfield, Ron O'Neal, Gordon Parks & Richard Roundtree New Video Group color DVD [1/2003] for $22.49 New Video Group color VHS [1/2003] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
 | "A Century of Black Cinema" documentary [video release 2003] These two one-hour specials feature Jim Brown, Nat King Cole, Bill Cosby, Dorothy Dandridge, Laurence Fishburne, Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Louis Gossett Jr., Lena Horne, James Earl Jones, Spike Lee, Oscar Micheaux, Eddie Murphy, Fayard Nicholas, Mantan Moreland, Clarence Muse, Sidney Poitier, Richard Pryor, Paul Robeson, and Denzel Washington; with clips from the 'Our Gang' comedy shorts, "Porgy and Bess" [1935], "Gone With The Wind" [1939], "Lilies of The Field" [1963], "Cotton Comes To Harlem" [1970], "Waiting To Exhale" [1995], and much more Directed by Ted Newsom 120-minute Passport b&w/color DVD [6/2003] out of prodn/used credits at IMDb watch 50-minute version [5/2015 upload; 50:00] online at YouTube |
 | "In The Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies & The Birth of Black Cinema" [A.M.S. Pictures Sept 2007] video documentary written & directed by Brad Osborne; narrated by Lawrence Varnado A.M.S. color DVD [11/2007] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb official movie site |
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"C.N.N. Presents: Black In America" [C.N.N. July 2008] 160-minute documentary special hosted by Soledad O'Brien C.N.N. color DVD-R [11/2008] for $29.95 full credits at IMDb official movie site "C.N.N. Presents: Black In America 2" [C.N.N. July 2009] 120-minute documentary special hosted by Soledad O'Brien C.N.N. color DVD-R [11/2009] for $29.95 credits at IMDb official movie site |
 | "Black Hollywood: Blaxploitation and Advancing An Independent Black Cinema" [2009] 75-minute documentary film featuring Diahnne Abbott, Jim Brown, Rosalind Cash, pioneer filmmaker Oscar Micheaux, Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, 'black Valentino' Lorenzo Tucker & Alfre Woodard no entry found at at IMDb Screen Edge color/b&w DVD [5/2009] for $13.49 |
"The Black List"
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Part 1 [H.B.O. 2008] interviews by journalist Elvis Mitchell with 22 successful Afro-Americans, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, Louis Gossett Jr., Vernon E. Jordan Jr., Toni Morrison, Colin Powell, Susan Rice, Chris Rock, Al Sharpton, Russell Simmons, Slash & Keenen Ivory Wayans Co-produced & directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders; won an Image Award for Outstanding Documentary Indican Pictures color DVD [1/2009] for $6.99 full credits at IMDb Part 2 [H.B.O. Feb 2009] 90 minutes of interviews by journalist Elvis Mitchell with successful Afro-Americans, including Angela Davis, Suzanne De Passe, Laurence Fishburne, Deval Patrick, Tyler Perry, Charley Pride, Patrick Robinson, Maya Rudolph, R.Z.A. & Melvin Van Peebles Co-produced & directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders Indican Pictures color DVD [9/2010] for $6.99 full credits at IMDb Part 3 [H.B.O. Feb 2010] 90 minutes of interviews by journalist Elvis Mitchell with successful Afro-Americans, including Lee Daniels, Whoopi Goldberg, Beverly Johnson & Debra Lee Co-produced & directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders DVD/Blu-ray not available full credits at IMDb |
 | companion book {to Part 1} [2008] by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders & Elvis Mitchell text of interviews with 25 successful Afro-Americans Atria Books 11x8½ hardcover [9/2008] out of print/many used |
Movie Collections
African American Cinema on DVD catalog at Amazon
African American Cinema Bestsellers on DVD at Amazon
 | "Treasures of Black Cinema" DVD box set [2006]
Image Ent. color DVD set [1/2006] for $13.49 Hosted by Richard Roundtree {'Shaft'}; includes Herb Jeffries in "The Bronze Buckaroo" [S.A.E. 1939]; "The Devil's Daughter" [S.A.E. 1939] starring Nina Mae McKinney; "Gang War" [1940]; and "Up In The Air" [Monogram 1940] starring Mantan Moreland & Frankie Darro |
 | "Early Black Entertainment In Film" DVD Box Set [2008]
St. Clair Vision b&w DVD set [1/2008] 3 disks for $9.98 includes "Swing!" [1938 musical] by Oscar Micheaux; "The Duke Is Tops" [1938 musical] starring Ralph Cooper & Lena Horne; "Two-Gun Man From Harlem" [1938] starring Herb Jeffries; "God's Step Children" [1938] by Oscar Micheaux; "Moon Over Harlem" [1939]; "The Bronze Buckaroo" [1939] with Herb Jeffries & Spencer Williams; "Harlem Rides The Range" [1939] with Herb Jeffries & Spencer Williams; "The Blood of Jesus" [1941] by Spencer Williams; "Beware" [1946 musical] starring Louis Jordan; "Look Out Sister" [1947 musical Western] by Louis Jordan; "Boy! What A Girl" [1947 musical]; "Hi-De-Ho" [1947 musical] starring Cab Calloway; plus poster gallery, photo gallery & vintage radio show |
'Race Movies' DVD Box Sets [2004]
 | Set A includes "The Girl From Chicago" [1930] written & directed by Oscar Micheaux; "Lying Lips" [1939] written & directed by Oscar Micheaux; "Son of Ingagi" [1940] written by & co‑starring Spencer Williams; and "The Girl In Room 20" [1946] directed by & starring Spencer Williams, co‑starring Geraldine Brock
Echo Bridge Home Ent. b&w DVD [12/2004] for $4.98 |
 | Set B includes "Harlem Rides The Range" [1939] co-written by & co-starring Spencer Williams, co‑starring Herb Jeffries; "Moon Over Harlem" [1939] directed by Edgar G. Ulmer; "Big Timers" [1945 musical short] black-cast version of Frank Capra's "Lady For A Day" [1933]; and "Dirty Gertie From Harlem, USA" [1946] directed by Spencer Williams, starring Francine Everett Echo Bridge Home Ent. b&w DVD [1/2004] for $4.98 |
 | Set C includes "The Black King" [1932] starring A.B. DeComathiere & Vivianne Baber; "The Duke Is Tops" [1938 musical] starring Ralph Cooper & Lena Horne; "Spirit Of Youth" [1938] starring Joe Louis & Mantan Moreland; and "The Glove" [color 1973] starring John Saxon & Roosevelt 'Rosey' Grier
Echo Bridge Home Ent. b&w/color DVD [12/2004] for $4.98 |
 | Set D includes "The Devil's Daughter" [1939] starring Nina Mae McKinney, Jack Carter, Ida James & Hamtree Harrington; "Beware!" [1946] starring Louis Jordan & his band; "Hi-De-Ho" [1947] starring Cab Calloway & his band; and "Reet, Petite, and Gone" [1947] starring Louis Jordan & his band
Echo Bridge Home Ent. b&w DVD [1/2004] for $4.98 |
"Banned Cartoons: A Historical Archive of The Shameful Racial Abuses of Hollywood's Yesteryear, 1930-1943" [2016]
 | Alpha Video color/b&w DVD [2/2016] for $5.99
8 racist cartoon shorts on DVD: "Uncle Tom and Little Eva" [Van Beuren Studios 1930] original title "Dixie Days" {IMDb credits}; "Hittin' The Trail For Hallelujah Land" [Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies Nov 1931] {IMDb credits}; "The Rasslin' Match" [Van Beuren Studios Jan 1934] featuring Freeman Gosden & Charles Correll and their famous radio characters Amos 'n' Andy {IMDb credits}; "The Lion Tamer" [Van Beuren Studios Feb 1934] featuring Freeman Gosden & Charles Correll and their famous radio characters Amos 'n' Andy {IMDb credits}; "Little Black Sambo" [Celebrity Prodns Feb 1935] Cinecolor cartoon from animator Ub Iwerks {IMDb credits}; "Jungle Jitters" [Warner Bros. Feb 1938] directed by Friz Freleng {IMDb credits}; "Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat" [Universal Pictures March 1941] produced & directed by Walter Lantz {IMDb credits}; and "Inki and The Minah Bird" [Warner Bros. Nov 1943] directed by Chuck Jones {IMDb credits} |
watch 1931 "Hittin' The Trail For Hallelujah Land" b&w cartoon short [6:59] online at YouTube
watch 1934 "Amos 'n' Andy in The Rasslin' Match" b&w cartoon short [9:59] online at YouTube
watch 1934 "Amos 'n' Andy in The Lion Tamer" b&w cartoon short [8:42] online at YouTube
watch 1935 "Little Black Sambo" color cartoon short [8:08] online at YouTube
watch 1938 "Jungle Jitters" color cartoon short [7:13] online at YouTube
watch 1941 "Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat" color cartoon short [6:51] online at YouTube
watch 1943 "Inki and The Minah Bird" color cartoon short [7:06] online at YouTube
"Pioneers of African American Cinema" [2016]
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Kino Lorber Blu-ray set [7/2016] 5 disks for $63.29
Kino Lorber DVD set [7/2016] 5 disks for $52.92 "A monumental five-disk collection" contains nine short films, 16 feature films, and two fragments (plus bonus material): "Two Knights of Vaude-ville" silent short [1915]; "Mercy, The Mummy Mumbled" † silent short [June 1918]; "A Reckless Rover" silent short [June 1918]; "Within Our Gates" silent feature by Oscar Micheaux [Jan 1920]; "The Symbol of The Unconquered: A Story of The K.K.K." silent feature by Oscar Micheaux [Nov 1920]; "By Right of Birth" fragment [Oct 1921]; "Regeneration" fragment [Dec 1923]; "Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movies, 1924-26" silent short [2016] filmed in Oklahoma; "Body and Soul" silent feature by Oscar Micheaux starring Paul Robeson [Nov 1925] with original title cards; "The Flying Ace" silent feature [1926]; "Ten Nights In A Bar Room" silent feature [Dec 1926]; "The Scar of Shame" silent feature [1927]; "Eleven P.M." silent feature [1928]; "Hellbound Train" silent feature [1930]; "Hot Biskits" short by Spencer Williams [1931] not on IMDb; "The Exile" feature by Oscar Micheaux [May 1931]; "The Darktown Revue" short by Oscar Micheaux [1931]; "The Girl From Chicago" feature by Oscar Micheaux [1932]; "Veiled Aristo-crats" feature by Oscar Micheaux [Feb 1932]; "Ten Minutes To Live" feature by Oscar Micheaux [March 1932]; "Verdict Not Guilty" short [1934]; "Heaven-Bound Travelers" † short [1935] not on IMDb; "We Work Again" † WPA docufilm [1937]; "Birthright" feature by Oscar Micheaux [1938]; "The Bronze Buckaroo" starring Herb Jeffries [1939]; "The Blood of Jesus" feature by Spencer Williams [April 1941]; "Dirty Gertie From Harlem, U.S.A." feature by Spencer Williams [1946]; bonus material includes "An Introduction" (7 minutes), "About The Restoration" (8 minutes); three Zora Neale Hurston shorts; 8 other short docufilms; and an 80-page booklet { † signifies on Blu-ray only } |
Selected Movie Music
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 | "Shaft: Music From The Soundtrack" [1971] Composed & performed by Isaac Hayes Stax soundtrack CD [11/91] 15 tracks for $10.99 |
 | "Super Bad On Celluloid: Music From '70s Black Cinema" [1998] artists include Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, The Four Tops, George Benson, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Isaac Hayes, James Brown, Mandrill, Marvin Gaye, Melvin Van Peebles, Willie Hutch & others Hip-O Records audio CD [6/98] 14 tracks - out of prodn/used |
 | "M.G.M. Soul Cinema" [2002]
Volume 1: music from "Across 110th Street", "Black Caesar", "Blacula", "Call Me Mister Tibbs!", "Coffy", "Cooley High", "Cotton Comes To Harlem", "In The Heat of The Night", "Sheba Baby", "Truck Turner" & others M.G.M./Beyond audio CD [1/2002] 13 tracks - out of prodn/used Volume 2: music from "Across 110th Street", "Black Caesar", "Blacula", "Coffy", "Cornbread, Earl and Me", "Cotton Comes To Harlem", "Foxy Brown", "Friday Foster", "Truck Turner" & others M.G.M./Beyond audio CD [1/2002] 13 tracks - out of prodn/used |
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"Music Inspired By BaadAsssss Cinema: The Sounds of Blaxploitation" [2002]
artists include James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, B.T. Express, Edwin Starr, War, and Earth, Wind & Fire T.V.T. soundtrack CD [8/2002] 13 tracks for $14.98 MP3 album [undated] 13 tracks for $9.99 |
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"The Best of Blaxploitation" CD box set [2006]
artists include James Brown, Kool & The Gang, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Ike & Tina Turner, Pee Wee Ellis, and The Meters Metro Music import [4/2006] 45 tracks on 3 disks for $20.97 |
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