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1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
This tribute celebrates African American silver screen legends. Included are interviews and rare footage documenting the kinds of roles black actors were first given, the challenges these performers met, and the real behind-the-scenes story of their acceptance and triumphs in Hollywood.
20th Century Fox Film Corporation ; [presented by] Van Ness Films in association with Foxstar Productions [and others] ; written, produced and directed by Velma Cato.
Originally produced as a documentary in 1998.
Narrated by Louis Gossett, Jr. ; on-screen interviews with the Nicholas Brothers, Gregory Hines, Diahann Carroll, Ruby Dee, Bobby Short and film historian Donald Bogle.
Cameras, Van Carlson, Kevin McCafferty ; editors, Sushmita Vijayan, Sarah Boyd ; music composed and arranged by Hubert Laws.
African American motion picture actors and actresses