That's Black Entertainment

That's Black Entertainment is a 1989 documentary film starring African-American performers and featuring clips from black films from 1929–1957, narrated and directed by William Greaves.[1] The clips are from the Black Cinema Collection of the Southwest Film/Video Archives at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.[2] It is 60 minutes long and was distributed by Video Communications of Tulsa, Oklahoma.[2]

That's Black Entertainment
Directed byWilliam Greaves
Written byG. William Jones
Produced byNorm Revis, Jr.
David Arpin
Distributed byVideo Communications
Release date
1989
Running time
60 minutes

Film clips included

The film contains more than 29 clips,[1] including:

Not only musical clips were shown, but dramatic clips as well, like Murder in Harlem (1935),[3] Juke Joint (1947),[3] Four Shall Die (1940), and Souls of Sin (1949).[3] The film also includes clips from white films stereotyping blacks, including D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation, and a blackfaced Bing Crosby in Crooner's Holiday (1932).[3]

Appearances

References
  1. "Documentary offers look at early black films". The Jackson Sun. 1990-06-08. p. 37. Retrieved 2023-06-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. Nichols, Peter (1990-01-14). "Home Entertainment/video: Fast Forward; Another Disk Revolution In the Offing?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  3. "Film bonanza adds a chapter to black history". The Atlanta Constitution. 1990-02-19. p. 15. Retrieved 2023-06-20 – via Newspapers.com.


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