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

• African American cinema
• Midnight Ramble , a 1994 documentary about the early history of Black American movies between 1910 and 1950

References

1. Black shadows on a silver screen. June 17, 1975. OCLC   4186675.
2. "BLACK SHADOWS ON THE SILVER SCREEN". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
3. "Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)". BFI. Archived from the original on December 5, 2017.