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
Duke Ellington
as Self (archive footage)
Eartha Kitt
as Self (archive footage)
Russell Simmons
as Self
Nelson George
as Self
Christopher Reid
as Self (archive footage)
Smokey Robinson
as Self
Kyme
as Rachel Meadows (archive footage)
Whitney Houston
as Self
Carl Anderson
as Self
Quincy Jones
as Self
Ella Fitzgerald
as Self (archive footage)
Sammy Davis Jr.
as Self (archive footage)
Lena Horne
as Self (archive footage)
John Landis
as Self
Alan Parker
as Self
Tina Turner
as Self (archive footage)
Spike Lee
as Self
James Brown
as Self (archive footage)
Dorothy Dandridge
as Self (archive footage)
Jamie Foxx
as Self
Berry Gordy
as Self
Vanessa Williams
as Self - Host
Snoop Dogg
as Self
Tisha Campbell
as Self
Suzzanne Douglas
as Self
Dr. Dre
as Self
Josephine Baker
as Self (archive footage)
Stan Lathan
as Self
Fats Waller
as Self (archive footage)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
as Self (archive footage)
Jasmine Guy
as Self
Wynton Marsalis
as Self
Little Richard
as Self
LL Cool J
as Self (archive footage)
Diana Ross
as Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong
as Self (archive footage)
Billy Eckstine
as Self (archive footage)
Aretha Franklin
as Mrs. Murphy (archive footage)
Harold Nicholas
as Self (archive footage)
Rubberneck Holmes
as Self (archive footage)
Debbie Allen
as Self
Sean Combs
as Self (archive footage)
Gregory Hines
as Self
Billie Holiday
as Self (archive footage)
A.J. Johnson
as Self (archive footage)
Bessie Smith
as Self (archive footage)
Nat King Cole
as Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix
as Self (archive footage)
Donald Bogle
as Self
Rah Digga
as Self
Ice-T
as Self
Michael Jackson
as Self (archive footage)
Billy Dee Williams
as Self
Fayard Nicholas
as Self
Reginald Hudlin
as Self
Otis Redding
as Self (archive footage)
Busta Rhymes
as Self
The Notorious B.I.G.
as Self (archive footage)