This movie is a good effort, but it’s incomplete. No treatment of African American cinema is complete without the recognition of Paul Robeson.
The finest african-american entertainers to ever grace the silver screenA 90-minute special celebrating the finest African-American entertainers ever to grace the silver screen featuring performances from PORGY AND BESS, LILIES OF THE FIELD, GONE WITH THE WIND, COTTON COMES TO HARLEM, WAITING TO EXHALE and many more. “A CENTURY OF BLACK CINEMA celebrates the finest Black entertainers ever to grace the silver screen. This absorbing program takes you on an illuminating journey through the careers of the fortunate, the unfortunate, the ground- breakers, the spectacular, the musical, and the comical performers who have inspired millions of people since the first cameras rolled. Enjoy rare film footage ranging from turn-of-the-century independent director OSCAR MICHEAUX to modern day filmmaker, SPIKE LEE. The program features brilliant performances from scenes of PORGY AND BESS, LILIES OF THE FIELD, GONE WITH THE WIND, COTTON COMES TO HARLEM, WAITING TO EXHALE, to name a few, and priceless behind-the-scenes takes with RICHARD PRYOR, SIDNEY POITIER, and JAMES EARL JONES. A CENTURY OF BLACK CINEMA also includes interviews with superstars such as EDDIE MURPHY, WHOOPI GOLDBERG, DENZEL WASHINGTON, LAURENCE FISHBURNE, DANNY GLOVER and FAYARD NICHOLAS of “The Nicholas Brothers”, and the list continues.” - Amazon.com  A Century of Black Cinema
Release Year: 1997 Duration: 120 min Availability:
Related: History, Life & Culture, Music & Arts, E1 A 90-minute special celebrating the finest African-American entertainers ever to grace the silver screen featuring performances from PORGY AND BESS, LILIES OF THE FIELD, GONE WITH THE WIND, COTTON COMES TO HARLEM, WAITING TO EXHALE and many more. “A CENTURY OF BLACK CINEMA celebrates the finest Black entertainers ever to grace the silver screen. This absorbing program takes you on an illuminating journey through the careers of the fortunate, the unfortunate, the ground- breakers, the spectacular, the musical, and the comical performers who have inspired millions of people since the first cameras rolled. Enjoy rare film footage ranging from turn-of-the-century independent director OSCAR MICHEAUX to modern day filmmaker, SPIKE LEE. The program features brilliant performances from scenes of PORGY AND BESS, LILIES OF THE FIELD, GONE WITH THE WIND, COTTON COMES TO HARLEM, WAITING TO EXHALE, to name a few, and priceless behind-the-scenes takes with RICHARD PRYOR, SIDNEY POITIER, and JAMES EARL JONES. A CENTURY OF BLACK CINEMA also includes interviews with superstars such as EDDIE MURPHY, WHOOPI GOLDBERG, DENZEL WASHINGTON, LAURENCE FISHBURNE, DANNY GLOVER and FAYARD NICHOLAS of “The Nicholas Brothers”, and the list continues.” - Amazon.com Report a Technical Issue If you're having any difficulties viewing the film or have any playback-related technical questions, contact us using our general feedback page.
Comments Posted 08/03/09 by Nii
Posted 07/22/09 by R&B;Guru
Great retrospective. You really did a nice job covering all of the periods in black cinema. It’s amazing how far it’s come since the days when white people played the roles of black actors. It seems like a lot of black cinema was pioneered by black comedians a la Bill Cosby, Eddie Murphy, and more. R&B;Guru of R&B;Haven and Soul Of R&B; Posted 07/07/09 by Chuck Deluxe
Very nice post, and its good to see black cinema being recognized. They interviewed some of the greatest, and the footage from Spike Lee was great. I fortunately had the opportunity to meet Spike Lee a few years back, and speak with him about black cinema.
-Charley Brown
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