Black Shadows on the Silver Screen (1975)

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

Producers
Original title	Black Shadows on the Silver Screen
Directors	Steven York
Writers	Thomas Cripps

Cast

Ossie Davis

as Narrator

George Johnson

as Self (archive sound)

Lorenzo Tucker

as Self (archive sound)

Lucia Lynn Moses

as Self (archive sound)

Fredi Washington

as Self (archive sound)

Henry Armstrong

as Self (archive footage)

Josephine Baker

as Self (archive footage)

Leslie Banks

as Self (archive footage)

Clarence Brooks

as Self (archive footage)

Cab Calloway

as Self (archive footage)

Walter Connolly

as Self (archive footage)

Miriam Cooper

as Self (archive footage)

Dudley Digges

as Self (archive footage)

Duke Ellington

as Self (archive footage)

Marcus Garvey

as Self (archive footage)

Lillian Gish

as Self (archive footage)

Jack Johnson

as Self (archive footage)

Noble Johnson

as Self (archive footage)

Walter Long

as Self (archive footage)

William Lundigan

as Self (archive footage)

Mae Marsh

as Self (archive footage)

Clarence Muse

as Self (archive footage)

William E. Pettus

as Self (archive footage)

Bud Pollard

as Self (archive footage)

Paul Robeson

as Self (archive footage)

Henry B. Walthall

as Self (archive footage)

Ethel Waters

as Self (archive footage)

Bert Williams

as Self (archive footage)

Spencer Williams

as Self (archive footage)