Film Pioneers - Production & Contact Info

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38 cast members

Name	Known for
Matthew Allen Self Self See fewer	Unsung Presents: Best in Black (2023)
Kwame Amoaku Self Self See fewer	Wanted (2008)
Chadwick Boseman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Black Panther (2018)
James Brown Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Bill Carpenter Self Self See fewer	Rejoice and Shout (2010)
Ray Charles Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Viola Davis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Fences (2016)
Wade Dean Self (as Wade F. Dean) Self (as Wade F. Dean) See fewer	Unsung Presents: Best in Black (2023)
Ava DuVernay Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Queen Sugar (2016)
Pam Grier Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Jackie Brown (1997)
Lena Horne Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Cabin in the Sky (1943)
Michael Jackson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Michael Jackson: Thriller (1983)
Samuel L. Jackson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Pulp Fiction (1994)
Satchel Jester Self Self See fewer	Unsung Presents: Best in Black (2023)
Quincy Jones Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Color Purple (1985)
Martin Luther King Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Freedom Writers (2007)
Spike Lee Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Do the Right Thing (1989)
Thurgood Marshall Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren (1989)
Etienne Maurice Self Self See fewer	H.E.I.R. (2017)
Crystal McCrary Self Self See fewer	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)
Michael McGill Jr. Self Self See fewer	Unsung Presents: Best in Black (2023)
Nakia Monet Self Self See fewer	Unsung Presents: Best in Black (2023)
Judy Pace Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Gordon Parks Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Learning Tree (1969)
Sidney Poitier Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Gil Robertson Self Self See fewer	2nd Annual AAFCA TV Honors (2020)
Bill Robinson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Shape of Water (2017)
Jackie Robinson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
Diana Ross Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Wiz (1978)
Gale Sayers Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Brian's Song (1971)
Snoop Dogg Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Training Day (2001)
Eric K. Thomas Self Self See fewer	A for Alpha (2021)
Cicely Tyson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Help (2011)
Denzel Washington Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Fences (2016)
Dinah Washington Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Shutter Island (2010)
Billy Dee Williams Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Gary Anthony Williams Narrator Narrator See fewer	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
Trovon Williams Self Self See fewer	Unsung Presents: Best in Black (2023)