Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998)
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist is a 1998 documentary movie directed by Alexandra Isles, with a running time of 54m. It stars Morgan Freeman, Rosetta LeNoire and Dick Campbell.
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.
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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 on 1 January 1998.
How long is Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist?
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist runs 54m.
Who made Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist?
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist was directed by Alexandra Isles.
Where can I watch Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist?
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist is available on Starz, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel and YouTube TV.
Where to watch Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Stream: Starz, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, YouTube TV
Cast
- Morgan Freeman as Self
- Rosetta LeNoire as Self
- Dick Campbell as Self
- Frederick O'Neal as Self
- Ossie Davis as Self
- Paul Robeson as Self (archive footage)
- Joseph Wershba as Self
- J. Edgar Hoover as Self (archive footage)
- Jackie Robinson as Self (archive footage)
- Hazel Scott as Self (archive footage)
- Adam Clayton Powell III as Self - son of Hazel Scott
- Sidney Poitier as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)