Category: Black Cinema

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Stars on Hollywood

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Sammy Davis, Jr. and Ben Vereen explain being Black in a hostile industry. (623)

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...

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)

When The Chickens Came Home To Roost — Part 2

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 Part I & II.    This is a one-hour version of the award-winning 1982 New York stage hit “When The Chickens Came Home To Roost,” written by Lawrence Holder and produced by Woodie King, Jr.  It stars Denzel Washing...

The Cosby Kid

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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)

The Other Benson

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Is TV Off Color?

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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 ...