TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
4
100 minutes
1/1/2004
Overview
Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the medium's first half-century. Actors, writers and historians discuss the image of black America on television from Amos and Andy to the present day. The interviews accompany clips from groundbreaking shows and performances by entertainment pioneers that create a timeline of the portrayal of African Americans throughout TV history.
Cast List
Muhammad Ali
as Self (archive footage)
Jonelle Allen
as Self
John Amos
as (archive footage)
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
as Self (archive footage)
Desi Arnaz
as (archive footage)
Obba Babatundé
as Self
Pearl Bailey
as Self (archive footage)
Lucille Ball
as (archive footage)
Harry Belafonte
as Self (archive footage)
Patricia Belcher
as Self
Willie Best
as Self (archive footage)
H. Rap Brown
as Self (archive footage)
Cindy Birdsong
as Self (archive footage)
James Brown
as Self (archive footage)
Cab Calloway
as Self (archive footage)
Diahann Carroll
as (archive footage)
Ray Charles
as Self (archive footage)
Bill Cosby
as Self (archive footage)
Sammy Davis Jr.
as Self (archive footage)
Ruby Dee
as (archive footage)
Redd Foxx
as (archive footage)
Marvin Gaye
as Self (archive footage)
Whoopi Goldberg
as Self (archive footage)
Arsenio Hall
as Self (archive footage)
Lena Horne
as Self (archive footage)
Michael Jackson
as Self (archive footage)