In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema

2007, documentary

59 minutes

This documentary captures the sounds and images of a nearly forgotten era in film history when African American filmmakers and studios created “race movies” exclusively for black audiences. The best of these films attempted to counter the demeaning...

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Cast

Lawrence Varnado

Narrator

Herb Jeffries

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Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee

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Jeni Le Gon

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Leroy Collins

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Pearl Bowser

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Crew

Directing

Brad Osborne

Director

Writing

Brad Osborne

Writer

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