Passion and Memory
Release Date: 1986-05-13
Runtime: 57 min
Genre(s): documentary
Director: Roy Campanella II
Original Language: English
Budget: $150,000.00
Overview:
A documentary that profiles the professional and personal lives of black entertainers Lincoln “Stepin Fetchit” Perry, Hattie McDaniel, Bill Robinson, Dorothy Dandridge, and Sidney Poitier. By exploring the careers of these five black film stars, the film reveals how black film roles have changed in American movies during the past sixty years. Based on the book “Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies & Bucks” by Donald Bogle.
Cast:
Crew:
Roy Campanella II (Director)