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.
Cast

Ossie Davis
Narrator

Lorenzo Tucker
Self (archive sound)

Fredi Washington
Self (archive sound)

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
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)

Paul Robeson
Self (archive footage)

Henry B. Walthall
Self (archive footage)
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