Category: Black Cinema
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 ...
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...
The White Girl Movie
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A young African American college student, a judge's daughter, battles a cocaine addiction, or as the substance is known on the streets, the white girl.
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 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...
White Man’s Burden
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Harry Belafonte talks about the movie he starred in with John Travolta
Black Hollywood: The Way It Was
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This four-part version of the 90-minute documentary is about the secret history of race movies. Between 1910 and 1950, over 150 independent film companies were organized for the specific purpose of producing Black-cas...
Goodbye, Sgt. Ross?
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This segment discusses the lack of power of so-called Black TV stars. Guest: Hal Williams (524)
