Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.
Steven York
Director
Thomas Cripps
Writer

Ossie Davis
Narrator
George Johnson
Self (archive sound)

Lorenzo Tucker
Self (archive sound)
Lucia Lynn Moses
Self (archive sound)

Fredi Washington
Self (archive sound)
Henry Armstrong
Self (archive footage)

Josephine Baker
Self (archive footage)

Leslie Banks
Self (archive footage)

Clarence Brooks
Self (archive footage)
McQueen74%
Directed by John Ford70%
Elstree 197661%
Night Will Fall76%
The Class of ‘9271%
A Plastic Ocean75%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Fuck64%
Sidney70%
Being James Bond77%
Sherman's March67%
Cameraperson67%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
Heart of a Dog65%
The Captains63%
28 Up75%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Room 23761%
Overnight63%