Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

1998
54m
7.7

7.7/10

3 votes • View on IMDb
Documentary History
Overview

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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Status: Released

Budget: $1,000,000

Revenue: $100,000

Language: EN

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Production Information

Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

racism post world war ii harlem renaissance mccarthyism artistic risk black community hollywood blacklist

Quick Facts

Release Date January 1, 1998
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0258949
Website Visit Site

Cast

Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman

Self

Rosetta LeNoire
Rosetta LeNoire

Self

Dick Campbell
Dick Campbell

Self

Frederick O'Neal
Frederick O'Neal

Self

Ossie Davis
Ossie Davis

Self

Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Wershba
Joseph Wershba

Self

J. Edgar Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover

Self (archive footage)

Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson

Self (archive footage)

Hazel Scott
Hazel Scott

Self (archive footage)

Adam Clayton Powell III
Adam Clayton Powell III

Self - son of Hazel Scott

Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier

Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)

Key Crew

Alexandra Isles
Producer
Alexandra Isles
Director
Alexandra Isles
Writer