It's Black Entertainment
Documentary
Music
A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa Williams traces the struggles and triumphs of the superstars of music and film. Among the many artists featured are: Whitney Houston, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Cab Calloway, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Ella Fitzgerald, and Little Richard, Also included are today's contemporary superstars: Snoop Dogg, Ice T, Quincy Jones, Spike Lee, Russell Simmons, and many, more! 80 minutes plus DVD bonus features.
2002-02-08
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Cast
Director
Stan Lathan
Vanessa Williams as Self - Host
Whitney Houston as Self
Ella Fitzgerald as Self (archive footage)
Snoop Dogg as Self
Diana Ross as Self (archive footage)
Spike Lee as Self
Louis Armstrong as Self (archive footage)
Little Richard as Self
Debbie Allen as Self
Carl Anderson as Self
Josephine Baker as Self (archive footage)
James Brown as Self (archive footage)
Tisha Campbell as Self
Nat King Cole as Self (archive footage)
Sean Combs as Self (archive footage)
Dorothy Dandridge as Self (archive footage)
Sammy Davis Jr. as Self (archive footage)
Rah Digga as Self
Suzzanne Douglas as Self
Dr. Dre as Self
Billy Eckstine as Self (archive footage)
Duke Ellington as Self (archive footage)
Jamie Foxx as Self
Aretha Franklin as Mrs. Murphy (archive footage)
Nelson George as Self
Jasmine Guy as Self
Jimi Hendrix as Self (archive footage)
Gregory Hines as Self
Billie Holiday as Self (archive footage)
Lena Horne as Self (archive footage)
Reginald Hudlin as Self
Ice-T as Self
Michael Jackson as Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Jam as Self
Quincy Jones as Self
A.J. Johnson as Self (archive footage)
Eartha Kitt as Self (archive footage)
John Landis as Self
Stan Lathan as Self
Terry Lewis as Self
LL Cool J as Self (archive footage)
Wynton Marsalis as Self
Harold Nicholas as Self (archive footage)
Alan Parker as Self
Otis Redding as Self (archive footage)
Christopher Reid as Self (archive footage)
Busta Rhymes as Self
Smokey Robinson as Self
Russell Simmons as Self
Bessie Smith as Self (archive footage)
Tina Turner as Self (archive footage)
Fats Waller as Self (archive footage)
Billy Dee Williams as Self
Donald Bogle as Self
Berry Gordy as Self
Rubberneck Holmes as Self (archive footage)
Kyme as Rachel Meadows (archive footage)
Fayard Nicholas as Self
The Notorious B.I.G. as Self (archive footage)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe as Self (archive footage)