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20 January 2004 (USA)
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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 »
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 | Muhammad Ali | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Jonelle Allen | ... | Herself |
 | John Amos | ... | (archive footage) |
 | Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Desi Arnaz | ... | (archive footage) |
 | Obba Babatundé | ... | Himself |
 | Pearl Bailey | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
 | Lucille Ball | ... | (archive footage) |
 | Harry Belafonte | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Patricia Belcher | ... | Herself |
| Willie Best | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Cindy Birdsong | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
| Yvette Lee Bowser | ... | Herself |
| Todd Boyd | ... | Himself |
 | Georg Stanford Brown | ... | Himself (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) |
 | Nat 'King' Cole | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Gary Coleman | ... | Arnold Jackson / Himself (archive footage) |
 | Michael Constantine | ... | (archive footage) |
 | Bill Cosby | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Billy Daniels | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Tommy Davidson | ... | Himself |
 | Sammy Davis Jr. | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Ossie Davis | ... | (archive footage) |
 | Suzanne De Passe | ... | Herself |
 | Ruby Dee | ... | (archive footage) |
| 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 | ... | Himself (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) |
| Terri McCoy | ... | Herself |
 | Hattie McDaniel | ... | (archive footage) |
 | Mo'Nique | ... | Herself |
 | Paul Mooney | ... | Himself |
| Tim Moore | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Mantan Moreland | ... | (archive footage) |
| Nathan Morris | ... | Himself (as Nate Morris) |
 | Tia Mowry-Hardrict | ... | Herself (archive footage) (as Tia Mowry) |
 | Tamera Mowry-Housley | ... | Herself (archive footage) (as Tamera Mowry) |
 | 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) |
 | Smokey Robinson | ... | Himself |
 | Esther Rolle | ... | (archive footage) |
 | Diana Ross | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| David Ruffin | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Patrice Rushen | ... | Herself |
 | BernNadette Stanis | ... | (archive footage) |
| The Temptations | ... | Themselves (archive footage) |
 | Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas | ... | Himself (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 |
 | Clarence Williams III | ... | (archive footage) |
 | Gary Anthony Williams | ... | Himself |
| Spencer Williams | ... | (archive footage) |
 | Steven Williams | ... | Himself |
 | Dorien Wilson | ... | Himself |
 | Mary Wilson | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
 | Paul Winfield | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Michiko Byers | ||
| Brandon Christopher | ||
| Ruth Adkins Robinson | ||
Produced by | |||
| Obba Babatundé | .... | producer | |
| Dante J. Pugliese | .... | executive producer | |
| Ruth Adkins Robinson | .... | producer | |
Film Editing by | |||
| Michiko Byers | |||
Editorial Department | |||
| Julie Antepli | .... | on-line editor | |
Other crew | |||
| Kelly Fisher | .... | production coordinator | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Koch Vision (2004) (worldwide) (DVD)
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USA:100 min (DVD version)
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References "Saturday Night Live" (1975)See more »
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