Scandalize My Name: Stories From the Blacklist
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Features
• Color
• DVD-Video
• NTSC
In Theaters : 2000
DVD Release : 13 January, 2004 |
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Talk about "the Black and the Red"
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This documentary shows that McCarthy and his House Unamerican Activities Committee went after Black artists, just as it did to whites.
The documentary starts with Morgan Freeman, imitating many other PBS narrators, pretending like he's reading a book and then speaking to the camera. This introduction had me rolling on the floor. This documentary features Harry Belafonte and the elderly actress from the TV series "Amen." It also includes Ossie Davis (surprisingly, sans Ruby Dee) before he passed. This may bring a tear to the eyes of his fans. This work does an effective job of showing how any progressive Black artist interested in Civil Rights could be misconstrued and punished as a supposed Communist. Urban Works, which usually produces pop cultural modern pieces, did a great job in venturing out into this historic, serious endeavor.
There are many scenes of Black actors during the early days of TV and films. Perhaps viewers should watch this documentary alongside the many documentaries on the history of Black Hollywood. |
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