Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
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Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

8.1 / 10 | 5h | United States
1998 | Documentary
A documentary 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 List (20)

Alexandra Isles
Alexandra Isles
Director
Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman
Self - Host
Rosetta LeNoire
Rosetta LeNoire
Self
Frederick O'Neal
Frederick O'Neal
Self
Ossie Davis
Ossie Davis
Self
Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte
Self
Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson
Self
J. Edgar Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover
Self
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson
Self
Hazel Scott
Hazel Scott
Self
Canada Lee
Canada Lee
Stephen Kumalo
Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier
Reverend Msimangu
Erik Barnouw
Erik Barnouw
Self (broadcast historian)
Adam Clayton Powell III
Adam Clayton Powell III
Self (son of Hazel Scott)
Dick Campbell
Dick Campbell
Self
Joseph Wershba
Joseph Wershba
Self (broadcast journalist)
Gregory Abbott
Gregory Abbott
Newsreel Narrator
Fred Waring
Fred Waring
Self
Gertrude Jeannette
Gertrude Jeannette
Self
Alexandra Isles
Alexandra Isles
Writer

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