Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.
Ossie Davis
Narrator
George Johnson
Self (archive sound)
Lorenzo Tucker
Lucia Lynn Moses
Fredi Washington
Henry Armstrong
Self (archive footage)
Josephine Baker
Leslie Banks
Clarence Brooks
Cab Calloway
Walter Connolly
Miriam Cooper
Dudley Digges
Duke Ellington
Marcus Garvey