That's Black Entertainment Westerns (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 50 min | Documentary

That's Black Entertainment

Westerns (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | 50 min | Documentary

This documentary provides a look into the B westerns produced for African-American theatres in the 1930s and 1940s and their impact on westerns featuring African Americans in recent years.

Director

Walid Khaldi

Writer

Sean Whitley

Producer

Walid Khaldi

Composers

David Siebels | Joey D. Vieira (as Joey Viera)

Cinematographers

Walid Khalid | Yaron Levy

Editor

Kurt Mischkot

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 6, 2002

Release date

Dec 6, 2002 (United States)

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21 cast members

Name	Known for
Mario Van Peebles Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Baadasssss! (2003)
Pearl Bowser Self Self See fewer	Namibia: Independence Now! (1985)
Ossie Davis Self Self See fewer	Do the Right Thing (1989)
William Greaves Self Self See fewer	Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)
Herb Jeffries Self (as Herbert Jeffries) Self (as Herbert Jeffries) See fewer	The Bronze Buckaroo (1939)
Paul Matthews Self Self See fewer	That's Black Entertainment (2002)
Frank Phillips Self Self See fewer	That's Black Entertainment (2002)
Clarence Brooks Buck Thorne (The Bronze Buckaroo) (archive footage) Buck Thorne (The Bronze Buckaroo) (archive footage) See fewer	Murder in Harlem (1935)
Lucius Brooks Dusty (The Bronze Buckaroo) (archive footage) Dusty (The Bronze Buckaroo) (archive footage) See fewer	The Bronze Buckaroo (1939)
Suzette Harbin Betty Scott (Look-Out Sister) (archive footage) Betty Scott (Look-Out Sister) (archive footage) See fewer	Look-Out Sister (1947)
Louis Jordan Louis Jordan (Look-Out Sister) (archive footage) Louis Jordan (Look-Out Sister) (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
F.E. Miller Slim Perkins (The Bronze Buckaroo) (archive footage) Slim Perkins (The Bronze Buckaroo) (archive footage) See fewer	Mr. Washington Goes to Town (1941)
Maceo Bruce Sheffield Officer Lee (Look-Out Sister) (archive footage) Officer Lee (Look-Out Sister) (archive footage) See fewer	Mr. Washington Goes to Town (1941)
Tom Southern Jim Conners (Harlem Rides the Range) (archive footage) Jim Conners (Harlem Rides the Range) (archive footage) See fewer	Two-Gun Man from Harlem (1938)
Spencer Williams Pete (The Bronze Buckaroo) (archive footage) Pete (The Bronze Buckaroo) (archive footage) See fewer	Juke Joint (1947)
Artie Young Betty Jackson (The Bronze Buckaroo) (archive footage) Betty Jackson (The Bronze Buckaroo) (archive footage) See fewer	The Bronze Buckaroo (1939)
Matthew 'Stymie' Beard Jimmy Thompson (Two Gun Men From Harlem) (archive footage) (uncredited) Jimmy Thompson (Two Gun Men From Harlem) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Dogs Is Dogs (1931)
Leonard Christmas Jim Dennison (Harlem Rides the Range) (archive footage) (uncredited) Jim Dennison (Harlem Rides the Range) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Mystery in Swing (1940)
Monte Hawley Mack Gordon (Swing Out Sister) (archive footage) (uncredited) Mack Gordon (Swing Out Sister) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Mystery in Swing (1940)
Mantan Moreland Bill Blake (Two Gun Men From Harlem) (archive footage) (uncredited) Bill Blake (Two Gun Men From Harlem) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944)
Marguerite Whitten Sally Thompson (Two Gun Men From Harlem) (archive footage) (uncredited) Sally Thompson (Two Gun Men From Harlem) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	King of the Zombies (1941)