Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen is a 1975 documentary film about African American cinema. It was distributed by Lucerne Films.[1] Steven York directed and edited the film.[2] Ossie Davis narrates.[3]
The movie was screened at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. Thomas Cripps wrote the film. Ray Hubbard executive produced and Stephan Henriquez and William Bowman produced under Post-Newsweek Productions.
The film Birth of a Race is noted in the documentary. Clips from various films including Pinky, Hearts in Dixie, So Red the Rose, and Birth of a Nation are included.
See also[edit]
- African American cinema
- Midnight Ramble, a 1994 documentary about the early history of Black American movies between 1910 and 1950
References[edit]
- ^ Black shadows on a silver screen. June 17, 1975. OCLC 4186675 – via Open WorldCat.
- ^ "BLACK SHADOWS ON THE SILVER SCREEN". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
- ^ "Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)". BFI. Archived from the original on December 5, 2017.
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