"The Story of the Black Film Industry" 26 October 1994 Factual 57 mins
A documentary chronicling the pioneering efforts of black filmmaker William D. Foster in the early years of the industry and Oscar Micheaux's controversial impact on the subsequent "race movies".
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Toni Cade Bambara as Self - Author
Robert Hall as Self - Historian
Pearl Bowser as Self - Archivist
Carlton Moss as Self - Filmmaker
Frances E. Williams as Self - Actress
Shingzie Howard as Self - Actress
St. Clair Bourne as Self - Journalist
Herb Jeffries as Self - Actor
Edna Mae Harris as Self - Actress
James Avery as Narrator
David McCullough as Introduction
Pearl Bowser Director
Bestor Cram Director
Clyde Taylor Writer
Bestor Cram Producer
Caleb Sampson Music
Bestor Cram Cinematography
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Midnight Ramble: The Story of the Black Film Industry Trailer
United States 13 February 1995
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These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1994:
14 July 1994
Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.
11 October 1994
Alan Bleasdale's comic crime caper for Channel 4 about a former getaway driver desperate to leave his life of crime behind.
10 June 1994
Kabuki, a detective in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, and his partner, Kabuki, a T-back detective with a lot of sensuality, are chasing a pachinko chain sales of 120 million yen.
14 September 1994
Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda.
02 September 1994
Stephen Whalby loves the moor. When a series of senseless murders of young women invades his beloved moor, he becomes intrigued.
01 January 1994
The story begins when a photographer, Haris accidentally met his brother, Irwan in a dinner. They met with Chloe managed to catch a thief after her handbag.
01 January 1994
A government agent cursed by lycanthropy goes on a dystopian fueled adventure to find his son, who has parted ways with his father.
01 January 1994
When Queen Beryl interrupts the marriage between Sailor Moon and Prince Darien, the Princess Warriors move to Earth to protect the Jewels of Power.
01 January 1994
An eccentric British woman picks up a young apprentice hairdresser on a wild night in Paris.
23 December 1994
In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons, Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel.
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