from Shadow and Act | Tambay Obenson Updating this list as I do once a year (I forgot to do it last year; so there was a lot to research and catch up on) to keep you all up-to-date on where each project stands going into the new year, including 18 new additions… There...
https://vimeo.com/167489223 Director: Spencer Williams, Oscar Micheaux, Richard E. Norman, James Gist, Eloyce Gist, Richard C. Kahn Writer(s): N/A Starring: Paul Robeson, Ethel Moses, Spencer Williams, Evelyn Preer, Herb Jeffries, Zora Neale Hurston Synopsis: This...
July 13, 2016 | shadowandact Today, the BFI (British Film Institute) announced a new initiative titled “Black Star,” an exhaustive program described as the UK’s largest ever season of film and television that will be dedicated to celebrating the range, versatility and...
...Film That Never Was, But Could Still Be & Other Films on the Haitian Revolutionary By Tambay A. Obenson | Shadow and Act When I spoke to Danny Glover about his long-in-development Toussaint L'Ouverture film in late 2011, this is what he had to say: "We're still...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL5UjGIgaik Director: Thornton Freeland Writer(s): George Barraud, Walter Futter, Robert N. Lee, Peter Ruric Starring: Paul Robeson, Henry Wilcoxon, Wallace Ford, Kouka, John Laurie, James Carew, Lawrence Brown, Rufus Fennell, Ike...
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5pvks1 Director: J. Elder Wills Writer(s): Claude Wallace, Dorothy Holloway, Ingram D'Abbes, Fenn Sherie, Michael Barringer, Philip Lindsay Starring: Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch, Esme Percy, Robert Adams, James Solomon, Tony Wane,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2JWm4E4AIk Director: Zoltan Korda, Alfred Hitchcock (director of the first stages) Writer(s): Lajos Biró, Jeffrey Dell, Edgar Wallace, Arthur Wimperis Starring: Paul Robeson, Leslie Banks, Nina Mae McKinney, Robert Cochran, Martin...
https://youtu.be/DLNGhQhC3VM Director: Dudley Murphy Writer(s): Eugene O'Neill, DuBose Heyward Starring: Paul Robeson, Dudley Digges, Frank H. Wilson, Fredi Washington, Ruby Elzy, George Haymid Stamper, Brandon Evans, Taylor Gordon, Billie Holiday, Rex Ingram, James...
https://youtu.be/aVC6bYRkMAA Director: Oscar Micheaux Writer(s): Oscar Micheaux Starring: Paul Robeson, Marshall Rogers, Lawrence Chenault, Chester A. Alexander, Walter Conick, Lillian Johnson, Madame Robinson, Julia Theresa Russell, Tom Fletcher, Mercedes Gilbert...