It's Black Entertainment
It's Black Entertainment
Release: 2002-02-08
·Runtime: 80m
·★ 8.0
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Showtime Entertainment Television
Cast
Fayard Nicholas
as Self
Vanessa Williams
as Self - Host
Reginald Hudlin
as Self
Harold Nicholas
as Self (archive footage)
Otis Redding
as Self (archive footage)
Berry Gordy
as Self
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
as Self (archive footage)
James Brown
as Self (archive footage)
Quincy Jones
as Self
Busta Rhymes
as Self
Michael Jackson
as Self (archive footage)
Bessie Smith
as Self (archive footage)
Little Richard
as Self
Carl Anderson
as Self
Sammy Davis Jr.
as Self (archive footage)
Russell Simmons
as Self
Louis Armstrong
as Self (archive footage)
Eartha Kitt
as Self (archive footage)
Stan Lathan
as Self
Rubberneck Holmes
as Self (archive footage)
Dr. Dre
as Self
Jasmine Guy
as Self
Jimi Hendrix
as Self (archive footage)
Josephine Baker
as Self (archive footage)
Nat King Cole
as Self (archive footage)
Tina Turner
as Self (archive footage)
Tisha Campbell
as Self
Dorothy Dandridge
as Self (archive footage)
Suzzanne Douglas
as Self
Nelson George
as Self
Gregory Hines
as Self
Lena Horne
as Self (archive footage)
Christopher Reid
as Self (archive footage)
Snoop Dogg
as Self
Wynton Marsalis
as Self
Smokey Robinson
as Self
Fats Waller
as Self (archive footage)
Sean Combs
as Self (archive footage)
Rah Digga
as Self
Billy Eckstine
as Self (archive footage)
Aretha Franklin
as Mrs. Murphy (archive footage)
Billie Holiday
as Self (archive footage)
A.J. Johnson
as Self (archive footage)
Debbie Allen
as Self
Jamie Foxx
as Self
Alan Parker
as Self
The Notorious B.I.G.
as Self (archive footage)
Diana Ross
as Self (archive footage)
Spike Lee
as Self
LL Cool J
as Self (archive footage)
Kyme
as Rachel Meadows (archive footage)
Whitney Houston
as Self
Duke Ellington
as Self (archive footage)
Ice-T
as Self
John Landis
as Self
Donald Bogle
as Self
Ella Fitzgerald
as Self (archive footage)
Billy Dee Williams
as Self