TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
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.
Casting arrow_drop_down
Muhammad Ali
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Jonelle Allen
as Self
as Self
John Amos
as (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Desi Arnaz
as (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
Obba Babatundé
as Self
as Self
Pearl Bailey
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Lucille Ball
as (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
Harry Belafonte
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Patricia Belcher
as Self
as Self
Willie Best
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
H. Rap Brown
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Cindy Birdsong
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
James Brown
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Cab Calloway
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Diahann Carroll
as (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
Ray Charles
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Bill Cosby
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Sammy Davis Jr.
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Ruby Dee
as (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
Redd Foxx
as (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
Marvin Gaye
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Whoopi Goldberg
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Arsenio Hall
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Lena Horne
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Michael Jackson
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Crew arrow_drop_down
Dante J. Pugliese
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Brandon Christopher
Writer
Writer
Michiko Byers
Writer
Writer
Ruth Adkins Robinson
Writer
Writer
