Afro Promo (1997)

Afro Promo is a featurelength compilation of oneofakind, archival coming attractions trailers from black films of the 1940s, 50s, 60s and early 70s. This historical overview scans the social issue films, plantation dramas, and African safari movies of the 1950s and 60s, blaxploitation, music and sports biographies, and other genre examples of the 70s, as it tracks the burgeoning careers of such popular stars as Sidney Poitier, James Earl Jones, Billy Dee Williams, Bill Cosby, and Dianna Ross. Entertaining and educational, Afro Promo provides a compact glimpse at the representation of African Americans through thirty dynamic years of American cinema history. Director: Jenni Olson Karl Knapper.