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. The clips are from the Black Cinema Collection of the Southwest Film/Video Archives at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. It is 60 minutes long and was distributed by Video Communications of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Film clips included

The film contains more than 29 clips, including:
Not only musical clips were shown, but dramatic clips as well, like Murder in Harlem, Juke Joint, Four Shall Die, and Souls of Sin. 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.

Appearances