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Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
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Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

1998-01-01 · 54 min · ★ 8.2

Documentary · History

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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Directors
Alexandra Isles
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Status
Released
Budget
USD 1,000,000
Revenue
USD 100,000

Top Cast

Morgan FreemanMorgan FreemanSelf
Rosetta LeNoireRosetta LeNoireSelf
Dick CampbellSelf
Frederick O'NealFrederick O'NealSelf
Ossie DavisOssie DavisSelf
Paul RobesonPaul RobesonSelf (archive footage)
Joseph WershbaSelf
J. Edgar HooverJ. Edgar HooverSelf (archive footage)
Jackie RobinsonJackie RobinsonSelf (archive footage)
Hazel ScottHazel ScottSelf (archive footage)
Adam Clayton Powell IIISelf - son of Hazel Scott
Sidney PoitierSidney PoitierReverend Msimangu (archive footage)
Canada LeeCanada LeeStephen Kumalo (archive footage)
Gertrude JeannetteGertrude JeannetteSelf
Erik BarnouwSelf - broadcast historian
Gregory AbbottNewsreel Narrator (voice) (archive sound)
Harry BelafonteHarry BelafonteSelf

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