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- Release Date: 1990
- Runtime: 60 min
- Genre: Documentary, History, Music
- Starring: Billie Allen, Albert Ammons, Eubie Blake, Clarence Brooks ... see all
- Director: William Greaves, G. William Jones
- Plot: This documentary presents clips from black films from 1929 through 1957. Musical performers include Paul Robeson (in Song of Freedom), Bessie Smith (St. Louis Blues), Eubie Blake and the Nicholas... Read more
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Good Doc
Feb 29, 2008
MichaelElliott1 - imdb.com
Feb 29, 2008MichaelElliott1 - imdb.com
That's Black Entertainment (1990) *** (out of 4) Semi-interesting documentary that covers black filmmakers from the 1910s through the 1950s. It's too bad this film spends so much time bashing Hollywood's era of blacks on screen instead of talking about... Full review
Very good documentary
Mar 18, 2005
Wayne Malin - imdb.com
Mar 18, 2005Wayne Malin - imdb.com
William Greaves hosts this fascinating documentary about the underground black film made from the 1920s to the 1950s. Black people saw they were being portrayed negatively in Hollywood films so they went out to make their own films that showed... Full review
Compilation of lost African American Films
Apr 02, 2001
Fred T. Kuehnert - imdb.com
Apr 02, 2001Fred T. Kuehnert - imdb.com
This documentary directed by William Greaves was compiled from lost African American Films referred to as the Tyler Film Collection. Winner of a CINE Golden Eagle Award, it has been widely praised by Bill Cosby, The Urban League, The Associated... Full review
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There are so many problems with That's Black Entertainment that nailing down any one major flaw is impossible (because the whole thing doesn't work).
The involvement of blacks in the film industry has never been adequately documented, and That's Black Entertainment does little to reverse that problem.
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