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Director:
Yvonne Smith
Writer:
Yvonne Smith
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Genre:
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Cast

 

Steve Allen ... Himself

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson ... Rochester (archive footage)

Pearl Bailey ... Herself (archive footage)
Louise Beavers ... Beulah (archive footage)

Bill Bellamy ... Himself (archive footage)

Jack Benny ... Himself (archive footage)

Sandra Bernhard ... (archive footage)
Willie Best ... Willie (archive footage)
Donald Bogle ... Himself

Charlie Callas ... Himself (archive footage)
Godfrey Cambridge ... Himself (archive footage)

Jim Carrey ... Captain Kirk (archive footage)

Dick Cavett ... Himself (archive footage)
Charles J. Correll ... Himself (archive footage)

Bill Cosby ... Himself (archive footage)

Tommy Davidson ... Himself (archive footage)

Charles S. Dutton ... Himself / Narrator (as Charles Dutton)
Stepin Fetchit ... Jeff Poindexter (archive footage)
Dusty Fletcher ... Himself (archive footage)

Redd Foxx ... Himself (archive footage)
Adele Givens ... Herself (archive footage)

Whoopi Goldberg ... Herself (archive footage)
Freeman F. Gosden ... Himself (archive footage)

Dick Gregory ... Himself (archive footage)

David Alan Grier ... Vulcan (archive footage)

Eddie Griffin ... Himself (archive footage)

Robin Harris ... Himself (archive footage)

T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh ... (archive footage)
George Kirby ... Himself (archive footage)
T.K. Kirkland ... Himself (archive footage)

Martin Lawrence ... Himself (archive footage)

Vivien Leigh ... Scarlett O'Hara (archive footage)

Joe Louis ... Himself (archive footage)

Moms Mabley ... Herself (archive footage)
Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham ... Himself - Comedian (archive footage)

Hattie McDaniel ... Mammy / Aunt Dilsy / Hilda (archive footage)

Adolphe Menjou ... Col. Carleton Carroway (archive footage)
F.E. Miller ... (archive footage) (as Flournoy Miller)
Norma Miller ... Herself - Interviewee
Olivette Miller-Briggs ... Herself - Interviewee

Paul Mooney ... Himself
Rudy Ray Moore ... Dolemite (archive footage)
Tim Moore ... (archive footage)
Mantan Moreland ... Birmingham Brown / Himself (archive footage)

Eddie Murphy ... Himself / Stevie Wonder / Jesse Jackson / Velvet Jones (archive footage)
Joe Namath ... Himself (archive footage)
Jesse Owens ... Himself (archive footage)
Jack Paar ... Himself (archive footage)

Kelly Coffield Park ... (archive footage) (as Kelly Coffield)

Joe Piscopo ... Frank Sinatra (archive footage)

Richard Pryor ... Himself (archive footage)
Tamara Rawitt ... Herself - Interviewee

Della Reese ... Herself - Interviewee

Tim Reid ... (archive footage)
Jackie Robinson ... Himself (archive footage)
Timmie Rogers ... Himself - Comedian (archive footage)

Will Rogers ... (archive footage)

Nipsey Russell ... Himself (archive footage)

Sinbad ... Himself (archive footage)

Barbara Stanwyck ... Melsa Manton (archive footage)

Phyllis Yvonne Stickney ... Herself (archive footage)

Alan Thicke ... Himself (archive footage)

Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas ... Buckwheat (archive footage)

Lily Tomlin ... Herself (archive footage)
Marsha Warfield ... Herself (archive footage)

Damon Wayans ... Himself / Minister Louis Farrakan (archive footage)

Keenen Ivory Wayans ... Himself (archive footage)
Bert Williams ... Himself - Comedian (archive footage)

Flip Wilson ... Himself (archive footage)
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Directed by
Yvonne Smith 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Yvonne Smith 

Produced by
Louise Gallop-Roholt .... associate producer (as Louise M. Gallup)
Mark Groubert .... talent producer
Lesli Klainberg .... supervising producer
Ellen Krass .... co-executive producer
Richard Pryor .... co-executive producer
Yvonne Smith .... producer
 
Original Music by
Steven Orich 
 
Cinematography by
Ronald K. Gray 
Kenneth Patterson 
John Simmons 
 
Film Editing by
Louise Gallop-Roholt  (as Louise M. Gallup)
Wayne Hudgins 
David Klandrud 
Bob Potter  (as Robert Potter)
 
Sound Department
Peter Baird .... post-production sound mixer
Jamal Banks .... sound
Caleb Mose .... sound
Ron Thompson .... sound
 

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Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White | Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
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