The Blacklist

Before there was Destinys Child, The Rockets, or The Supremes, there was The Dandridge Sisters. Listen to Part I of our two part episode on rollercoaster lives of The Dandridge Sisters: the girl group blueprint. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The first Black kid in Talkies, the first Black kid to headline his own US tour, and then.... nothing. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We're back. This season of The Blacklist focuses on the Black child stars of the 20s and 30s! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Our season finale. Thank you so much for listening. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

One last trip through the silent era. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week's episode is a bit different as we talk about a group of performers who paved the way for legitimate drama in the Black community. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today we discuss one of the most important film companies to ever exist. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, we discuss the first ever Black film production company, which was founded in my hometown! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, we conclude our discussion on D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Part one of our discussion on the film that sparked a revolution of sorts. Ironically, the film was released during Black History Month. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

“African American cinema is a metaphor for the Black experience because it is a history of the struggle for inclusion.” — Mia Mask. Happy Black History Month! Enjoy the first episode of our new season! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The FINAL summer series film! Thank you so much for listening! Please check out our social media for updates! See you in 2019!!!!!!!! Also if you feel like donating to good people who do important work: https://www.filmpreservation.org/support/making-a-contribution --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We've hit the streets of Paris with Diahann Carroll (Rest in Peace)! Correction:It's D.W. Griffith not whatever I said --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We're going to Africa with Paul Robeson's beautiful baritone! What could be better? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A Black Gangster film made by a Black production company???? Sign me UP! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Kicking off the summer with a mini film series! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A musical prodigy, a civil rights activist, and one the highest paid entertainers of the 30's and 40's all walk into a room. They're all Black and they're all one woman: Hazel Scott. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A woman who appeared in over 200 films in her career. A political activist, the first distinctive mammy figure, but her legacy is on the fringes of our memory. Why? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

An activist for the Golden age. A woman caught between her skin and her identity; Forever plagued by the role that made her famous. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A Black woman who pulled herself from the pits of despair and poverty. A Black woman whose career spanned 70 years. The Mother to us all. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A glamorous Black movie star? In 1929? Let me tell you about about the Queen of the Night. The Black Greta Garbo. Nina Mae McKinney. CORRECTION: It's pronounced SWAN-nee not SWAY-NEE. Nick Schenck was head of MGM's parent company, Loews, not of MGM... Well technically, but you get it. Fred Astaire was not signed to MGM in the 20's and 30's but RKO. Shirley Temple was signed to Fox not MGM. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

How Does a Black woman make it from sharecropping to the Academy Awards? Through LOTS of trials and tribulations that's for sure. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app