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Black Hollywood (1984)
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TV Movie | 85 min | Documentary

Black Hollywood (1984)

Not Rated

TV Movie | 85 min | Documentary

Shot entirely on location in Hollywood in 1984, this feature documentary explores the role of black actors, black directors and the black audience in American movies. Remember the early 80s - hip hop had just been born, break dancing ...See moreShot entirely on location in Hollywood in 1984, this feature documentary explores the role of black actors, black directors and the black audience in American movies. Remember the early 80s - hip hop had just been born, break dancing filled clubs and streets and Eddie Murphy and late great Richard Pryor were the only two black stars making it. In an action-packed showcase of clips and interviews, Diahnne Abbott, Rosalind Cash and Alfre Woodard talk about negative stereotyping. Jim Brown, Vonetta McGee and D'Urville Martin come up with alternative solutions to the one-way-street that was "blaxploitation" and discuss new ways of advancing an independent black cinema. There is a rare interview with Lorenzo Tucker, the Black Valentino, about his career with Oscar Micheaux. Joel Fluellen and Vincent Tubbs tell memorable stories of what life was like for the few blacks working in Hollywood in the 50s and 60s (including Dorothy Dandridge). There is a marvelous speech by Sidney Poitier on accepting the Black Hall of Fame "oscar". Griffiths' Birth Of A Nation is panned. Grandmaster Flash and his "Message" is the theme tune and the writer Oscar Williams holds the whole show together with his advice to the creative outsider. See less

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14 cast members

Name	Known for
Diahnne Abbott Self Self See fewer	Taxi Driver (1976)
Jim Brown Self Self See fewer	Mars Attacks! (1996)
Rosalind Cash Self Self See fewer	The Omega Man (1971)
Joel Fluellen Self Self See fewer	Porgy and Bess (1959)
D'Urville Martin Self Self See fewer	Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Vonetta McGee Self Self See fewer	Repo Man (1984)
Paul Mooney Self Self See fewer	Bamboozled (2000)
Vincent Tubbs Self Self See fewer	Le Mans (1971)
Lorenzo Tucker Self Self See fewer	Reet, Petite, and Gone (1947)
Oscar Williams Self Self See fewer	The Final Comedown (1972)
Alfre Woodard Self Self See fewer	Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Harry Belafonte Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Bobby (I) (2006)
Sidney Poitier Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Richard Roundtree Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Shaft (1971)