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Writers:
Michiko Byers (writer)
Brandon Christopher (writer)
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Contact:
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Release Date:
20 January 2004 (USA) more
Genre:
Documentary
Plot:
The black image on television changed American culture. This two-hour program includes rare footage, memorabilia, photographs and exclusive interviews from the actors/writers/producers whose personal journeys created television history. full summary | add synopsis

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Muhammad Ali ... Himself (archive footage)
Jonelle Allen ... Herself
John Amos ... (archive footage)
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson ... (archive footage)

Desi Arnaz ... (archive footage)
Pearl Bailey ... Herself (archive footage)

Lucille Ball ... (archive footage)

Harry Belafonte ... Himself (archive footage)

Patricia Belcher ... Herself
Willie Best ... (archive footage)
Cindy Birdsong ... Herself (archive footage)
Yvette Lee Bowser ... Herself
Todd Boyd ... Himself
Georg Stanford Brown ... (archive footage)
H. Rap Brown ... Himself (archive footage)

James Brown ... Himself (archive footage)
Roger Aaron Brown ... Himself
Wren T. Brown ... Himself (as Wren Brown)
Cab Calloway ... Himself (archive footage)
Virginia Capers ... Herself
Diahann Carroll ... (archive footage)

Ray Charles ... Himself (archive footage)

Gary Coleman ... (archive footage)
Nat 'King' Cole ... Himself (archive footage)

Michael Constantine ... (archive footage)

Bill Cosby ... (archive footage)
Billy Daniels ... Himself (archive footage)
Tommy Davidson ... Himself

Sammy Davis Jr. ... Himself (archive footage)

Ossie Davis ... (archive footage)
Ruby Dee ... (archive footage)
Suzanne De Passe ... Herself
James Edwards ... (archive footage)
Stepin Fetchit ... (archive footage)

Laurence Fishburne ... Himself

Redd Foxx ... (archive footage)
Joe Frazier ... Himself (archive footage)
Alan Gansberg ... Himself
Marvin Gaye ... Himself (archive footage)
Marla Gibbs ... Herself

Whoopi Goldberg ... Herself (archive footage)
Cornelius Grant ... Himself
Teresa Graves ... (archive footage)
Anne Green ... Herself
David Alan Grier ... (archive footage)

Robert Guillaume ... Himself
Moses Gunn ... (archive footage)
Jasmine Guy ... Herself
Arsenio Hall ... (archive footage)

Lloyd Haynes ... (archive footage)
Winifred Hervey ... Herself
Heshimu ... (archive footage)

Robert Hooks ... Himself

Lena Horne ... Herself (archive footage)
Warren Hutcherson ... Himself
Jermaine Jackson ... Himself (archive footage)
Marlon Jackson ... Himself (archive footage)

Michael Jackson ... Himself (archive footage)
Tito Jackson ... Himself (archive footage)
Belma Johnson ... Himself
Jill Jones ... Herself
Eddie Kendricks ... Himself (archive footage)
B.B. King ... Himself (archive footage)

Martin Luther King ... Himself (archive footage)

Eriq La Salle ... Himself

Martin Lawrence ... (archive footage)

Sugar Ray Leonard ... Himself
Alec Lovejoy ... (archive footage)
The Marvelettes ... Themselves (archive footage)
Michael McCary ... Himself (as Mike McCary)
Terry McCoy ... Herself

Hattie McDaniel ... (archive footage)
Mo'Nique ... Herself
Paul Mooney ... Himself
Tim Moore ... (archive footage)
Mantan Moreland ... (archive footage)
Nathan Morris ... Himself (as Nate Morris)

Tamera Mowry ... Herself (archive footage)

Tia Mowry ... Herself (archive footage)

Eddie Murphy ... (archive footage)
Rome Neal ... Himself

Denise Nicholas ... (archive footage)

Brian O'Neal ... Himself

Sidney Poitier ... (archive footage)
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. ... Himself (archive footage)

Richard Pryor ... Himself (archive footage)
Daphne Reid ... Herself (archive footage)

Tim Reid ... Himself (archive footage)

Reynaldo Rey ... Himself
Howard Rice ... (archive footage)
Paul Robeson ... (archive footage)
Esther Rolle ... (archive footage)

Diana Ross ... (archive footage)
David Ruffin ... Himself (archive footage)
Patrice Rushen ... Herself

BernNadette Stanis ... (archive footage)
The Temptations ... Themselves (archive footage)
Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas ... (archive footage)
Robert Townsend ... (archive footage)

Chris Tucker ... (archive footage)

Glynn Turman ... Himself
Ike Turner ... Himself (archive footage)
Tina Turner ... Herself (archive footage)

Cicely Tyson ... (archive footage)

Blair Underwood ... Himself

Karen Valentine ... (archive footage)
Jimmie Walker ... (archive footage)
Fredi Washington ... (archive footage)
Rolonda Watts ... Herself

Charles Malik Whitfield ... Himself

Gary Anthony Williams ... Himself
Clarence Williams III ... (archive footage)
Spencer Williams ... (archive footage)
Steven Williams ... Himself
Dorien Wilson ... Himself
Mary Wilson ... Herself (archive footage)
Paul Winfield ... (archive footage)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:100 min (DVD version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
USA:Not Rated

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