That's Black Entertainment
That's Black Entertainment is a 1989 documentary film starring African-American performers and featuring clips from black films from 1929–1957.
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| Directed by | William Greaves |
| Produced by | Norm Revis, Jr. David Arpin |
| Written by | G. William Jones |
| Distributed by | Video Communications |
Release date | 1989 |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Film clips included
Many entertainers, along with their musical numbers, and the film they starred in, include:
- Paul Robeson (Song of Freedom)
- Bessie Smith (St. Louis Blues)
- Eubie Blake, Nina Mae McKinney, and The Nicholas Brothers (Pie, Pie Blackbird)
- Lena Horne (The Duke Is Tops)
- Nat 'King' Cole and Moms Mabley (Killer Diller)
- Sammy Davis, Jr. and Ethel Waters (Rufus Jones for President)
- Cab Calloway (Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party)
- Ethel Waters (Carib Gold)
Not only musical clips were shown, but dramatic clips as well, like Murder in Harlem (1935), Juke Joint (1947), Four Shall Die (1940), and Souls of Sin (1949).
The film also includes clips from white films stereotyping blacks, including D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation, and a blackfaced Bing Crosby in Crooner's Holiday (1932).
Celebrity appearances
- Billie Allen
- Louis Armstrong
- Albert Ammons
- Eubie Blake
- Clarence Brooks
- Cab Calloway
- Nat 'King' Cole
- Bing Crosby
- Dorothy Dandridge
- Sammy Davis, Jr.
- Duke Ellington
- Francine Everett
- Stepin Fetchit
- William Greaves
- Alfred Hawkins
- Billie Holiday
- Lena Horne
- Pete Johnson
- July Jones
- Moms Mabley
- Nina Mae McKinney
- Clarence Muse
- The Nicholas Brothers
- Jesse Owens
- Paul Robeson
- Frank 'Sugar Chile' Robinson
- Bessie Smith
- Fredi Washington
- Ethel Waters
- Spencer Williams
References
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