Category: Black Cinema
Who Was Stepin Fetchit?
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Who was the real man behind one of Hollywood’s most negative images, Stepin Fetchit? Author Mel Watkins explains that Lincoln Perry was very different from the lazy, bug-eyed buffoon on screen. (2905)
A Filmmaker’s Look at Ralph Bunche
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Dr. Ralph Bunche, renowned United Nations statesman and Nobel Prize winner, is the subject of this discussion with Emmy award-winning filmmaker William Greaves. (2402)
The Evolution of Sammy Davis, Jr.
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It's 1983 and Sammy Davis reflects on his television interview with me in 1971. Sammy Davis says, "I’ve survived where other cats would have been down the tubes. A lot of people don’t like themselves. I’ve stopped t...
Blacks In White TV
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Segment discusses the historic treatment of African Americans in commercial TV. Guest: Dr. Fred J. McDonald. (523)
Black Hollywood The Way It Was: The Middle Years – Pt. 3
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The Middle Years examines the history of independently produced Black movies and the establishment of a Black film era. "The Middle Years," picks up during the Depression years as independent filmmakers struggle for ...
The Future of Blacks In Hollywood
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On March 25, 2002, a Black man and Black woman won Oscars at the Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress. As significant as the event was, there remains the nagging fear among some Blacks that fundamental chan...
