8.3Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist · 1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998) is a Documentary / History film directed by Alexandra Isles, starring Morgan Freeman, Rosetta LeNoire, Dick Campbell.
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8.3Overview
A look at the confluence of the Red Scare, McCarthyism, and blacklists with the post-war activism by African Americans seeking more and better roles on radio, television, and stage. It begins in Harlem, measures the impact of Paul Robeson and the campaign to bring him down, looks at the role of HUAC, J. Edgar Hoover and of journalists such as Ed Sullivan, and ends with a tribute to Canada Lee. Throughout are interviews with men and women who were there, including Dick Campbell of the Rose McLendon Players and Fredrick O'Neal of the American Negro Theatre. In the 1940s and 1950s, anti-Communism was one more tool to maintain Jim Crow and to keep down African-Americans.
Cast
Morgan Freeman, Rosetta LeNoire, Dick Campbell, Frederick O'Neal, Ossie Davis, Paul Robeson, Joseph Wershba, J. Edgar Hoover
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What is "Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist" about?
A look at the confluence of the Red Scare, McCarthyism, and blacklists with the post-war activism by African Americans seeking more and better roles on radio, television, and stage. It begins in Harlem, measures the impact of Paul Robeson and the campaign to bring him down, looks at the role of HUAC, J. Edgar Hoover and of journalists such as Ed Sullivan, and ends with a tribute to Canada Lee. Throughout are interviews with men and women who were there, including Dick Campbell of the Rose McLendon Players and Fredrick O'Neal of the American Negro Theatre. In the 1940s and 1950s, anti-Communism was one more tool to maintain Jim Crow and to keep down African-Americans.
When was "Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist" released?
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist was released in 1998.
Who stars in "Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist"?
The cast includes Morgan Freeman, Rosetta LeNoire, Dick Campbell, Frederick O'Neal.
