Category: Black Cinema
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...
Ben and Bert (Ben Vereen)
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Ben Vereen was really hurt by the reaction of some Aframericans to his 1980 Presidential Inaugural blackface performance. He explains, “It’s important that we never forget where we came from because that only makes us...
Why Blacks In Hollywood Help Themselves?
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Discussion on why Blacks in Hollywood don't help themselves to become more prevalent in movies. (1219)
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...
From The Library of Black History: Black Hollywood
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Before Denzel and Halle won the Oscar. Before Jamie Foxx riveted audiences with his spot-on portrayal of Ray Charles, there was a time when Black actors and actresses were limited in what they could portray in motion ...
White Man’s Burden
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Harry Belafonte talks about the movie he starred in with John Travolta
