Passion and Memory

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1986

Documentary

57 minutes

Summary

A documentary that profiles the professional and personal lives of black entertainers Lincoln “Stepin Fetchit” Perry, Hattie McDaniel, Bill Robinson, Dorothy Dandridge, and Sidney Poitier. By exploring the careers of these five black film stars, the film reveals how black film roles have changed in American movies during the past sixty years. Based on the book “Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies & Bucks” by Donald Bogle.

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StatusReleased: 39 years ago
May 13, 1986

LanguageEnglish

Spoken LanguagesEnglish

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