Watch In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies & the Birth of Black Cinema

This haunting documentary resurrects the forgotten era of early Black cinema, profiling the fascinating lives and careers of Black filmmaking pioneers and screen stars and showcasing footage from films once thought lost forever.

In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies & the Birth of Black Cinema is a 2007 documentary with a runtime of 59 minutes. It has received mostly positive reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 7.7.