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That's Black Entertainment ^en

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That's Black Entertainment is a 1989 documentary film starring African-American performers and featuring clips from black films from 1929-1957. Many entertainers, along with their musical numbers, and the film they starred in, include: ⁕Paul Robeson ⁕Bessie Smith ⁕Eubie Blake, Nina Mae McKinney, and The Nicholas Brothers ⁕Lena Horne ⁕Nat 'King' Cole and Moms Mabley ⁕Sammy Davis, Jr. and Ethel Waters ⁕Cab Calloway ⁕Ethel Waters Not only musical clips were shown, but dramatic clips as well, like Murder in Harlem, Juke Joint', Four Shall Die, and Souls of Sin. It also included clips from white films stereotyping blacks, including D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation, and a blackfaced Bing Crosby in Crooner's Holiday. Wikipedia [ - ]

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That's Black Entertainment is a 1989 documentary film starring African-American performers and featuring clips from black films from 1929-1957. Many entertainers, along with their musical numbers, and the film they starred in, include: ⁕Paul Robeson ⁕Bessie Smith ⁕Eubie Blake, Nina Mae McKinney, and The Nicholas Brothers ⁕Lena Horne ⁕Nat 'King' Cole and Moms Mabley ⁕Sammy Davis, Jr. and Ethel Waters ⁕Cab Calloway ⁕Ethel Waters Not only musical clips were shown, but dramatic clips as well, like Murder in Harlem, Juke Joint', Four Shall Die, and Souls of Sin. It also included clips from white films stereotyping blacks, including D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation, and a blackfaced Bing Crosby in Crooner's Holiday. Wikipedia

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Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Louis Armstrong	Him/Herself
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Eubie Blake	Him/Herself
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Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Cab Calloway	Him/Herself
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Nat King Cole	Him/Herself
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Bing Crosby	Him/Herself
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Dorothy Dandridge	Him/Herself
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Sammy Davis, Jr.	Him/Herself
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