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Cast
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Morgan Freeman | As: Self |
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Rosetta LeNoire | As: Self |
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Dick Campbell | As: Self |
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Frederick O'Neal | As: Self |
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Ossie Davis | As: Self |
Storyline
A look at the confluence of the Red Scare, McCarthyism, and blacklists with the post-war activism by African Americans seeking more and better roles on radio, television, and stage. It begins in Harlem, measures the impact of Paul Robeson and the campaign to bring him down, looks at the role of HUAC, J. Edgar Hoover and of journalists such as Ed Sullivan, and ends with a tribute to Canada Lee. Throughout are interviews with men and women who were there, including Dick Campbell of the Rose McLendon Players and Fredrick O'Neal of the American Negro Theatre. In the 1940s and 1950s, anti-Communism was one more tool to maintain Jim Crow and to keep down African-Americans.
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Certification: | NR |
Cast
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Morgan Freeman |
Self |
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Rosetta LeNoire |
Self |
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Dick Campbell |
Self |
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Frederick O'Neal |
Self |
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Ossie Davis |
Self |
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Paul Robeson |
Self (archive footage) |
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Joseph Wershba |
Self |
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J. Edgar Hoover |
Self (archive footage) |
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Jackie Robinson |
Self (archive footage) |
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Hazel Scott |
Self (archive footage) |
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Adam Clayton Powell III |
Self - son of Hazel Scott |
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Sidney Poitier |
Reverend Msimangu (archive footage) |
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Canada Lee |
Stephen Kumalo (archive footage) |
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Gertrude Jeannette |
Self |
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Erik Barnouw |
Self - broadcast historian |
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Gregory Abbott |
Newsreel Narrator (voice) (archive sound) |
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Harry Belafonte |
Self |
Directed By
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Alexandra Isles |
Director |
Writing Credits
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Alexandra Isles |
Writer |
Production Crew
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Dovie Powell Banks |
Associate Producer |
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William Miles |
Consulting Producer |
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Cassandra Barbour |
Associate Producer |
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Alexandra Isles |
Producer |
Edited By
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Doug Rossini |
Editor |
Costume and Makeup
Sound
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Rick Bradley |
Sound Editor |
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Bill Wander |
Sound Director |
Visual Effects
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Marcos Levy |
Animation |
Camera
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Susan Walsh |
Still Photographer |
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Paul Koestner |
Camera Operator |
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Daniel Liss |
Still Photographer |
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Denis Maloney |
Camera Operator |
Lighting
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Kelvin Green |
Gaffer |
Art Department
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Jay Dopwell |
Graphic Designer |
Other Crew
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Marcos Levy |
Post Production Supervisor |
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Cassandra Barbour |
Clearances Coordinator |
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Laura Sevier |
Clearances Coordinator |
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Betty Barnouw |
Thanks |
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Erik Barnouw |
Thanks |
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Harry Belafonte |
Thanks |
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Donald Bogie |
Thanks |
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Dick Campbell |
Thanks |
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Ossie Davis |
Thanks |
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Robert L. Freedman |
Thanks |
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Morgan Freeman |
Thanks |
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Fred W. Friendly |
Thanks |
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John Froats |
Thanks |
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Shaun Gunson |
Thanks |
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Peter Harron |
Thanks |
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Adam Isles |
Thanks |
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Alfred Jaretzki III |
Thanks |
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Gertrude Jeannette |
Thanks |
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Robert L. Johnson |
Thanks |
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Rosetta LeNoire |
Thanks |
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Patilu Llosa |
Thanks |
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Frederick O'Neal |
In Memory Of |
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Frances Lee Pearson |
Thanks |
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Templeton Peck |
Thanks |
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Ben Phelan |
Thanks |
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Adam Clayton Powell III |
Thanks |
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Tamara E. Robinson |
Thanks |
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Demetria Royals |
Thanks |
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Lisa Schiff |
Thanks |
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Carol Shapiro |
Thanks |
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Elisa Shokoff |
Thanks |
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Priscilla Taggart |
Thanks |
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Jessica Weglein |
Thanks |
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Joseph Wershba |
Thanks |
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