Filmography
2002 – It’s Black Entertainment
Vanessa Williams serves as host for a star-studded testimonial to the film-industry contributions of African-American superstars during the past 100 years. Via interviews and archival footage, the program highlights the struggles and triumphs of -- among others –Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., Diana Ross, Cab Calloway and Little Richard, plus contemporary icons such as Snoop Dogg, Ice-T, Quincy Jones and Spike Lee.
Director: Stan Lathan
Running Time: 80 Minutes
Cast:
Debbie Allen
Carl Anderson
Louis Armstrong - archive footage
Josephine Baker - archive footage
Donald Bogle
James Brown - archive footage
Kenny Burrell
Tisha Campbell-Martin
Nat 'King' Cole - archive footage
Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs - archive footage
James Cross - archive footage (as Stump and Stumpy)
Dorothy Dandridge - archive footage
Sammy Davis Jr. - archive footage
Suzanne De Passe
Rah Digga as Ra Digga
Snoop Dogg
Suzzanne Douglas
Dr. Dre
Billy Eckstine - archive footage
Duke Ellington - archive footage
Ella Fitzgerald - archive footage
Jamie Foxx
Aretha Franklin Mrs. Murphy (- archive footage)
Nelson George
Berry Gordy
Jasmine Guy
Eddie Hartman - archive footage (as Stump and Stumpy)
'Crip' Heard - archive footage
Jimi Hendrix - archive footage
Gregory Hines
Billie Holiday - archive footage
Rubberneck Holmes - archive footage
Lena Horne - archive footage
Whitney Houston
Reginald Hudlin
Ice-T
Michael Jackson - archive footage
Jimmy Jam
A.J. Johnson - archive footage
Quincy Jones
Louis Jordan - archive footage
Eartha Kitt - archive footage
Kyme Rachel Meadows (- archive footage)
John Landis
Stan Lathan
Spike Lee
Terry Lewis
Little Richard
LL Cool J - archive footage
Wynton Marsalis
Velma Middleton - archive footage
Fayard Nicholas
Harold Nicholas - archive footage
The Notorious B.I.G. - archive footage)
Alan Parker
Otis Redding - archive footage
Christopher Reid as Chris 'Kid' Reid
Busta Rhymes
Smokey Robinson
Diana Ross - archive footage
Russell Simmons
Bessie Smith - archive footage
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - archive footage
Earl 'Snake Hips' Tucker - archive footage
Tina Turner - archive footage
Fats Waller - archive footage
Billy Dee Williams
Vanessa Williams Host
Carolyn Franklin Soul Food Chorus (- archive footage) (uncredited)
2013 - 20 Feet from Stardom
2007 - Video Biography
2006 - Flushed Away
2005 - Oprah Winfrey's Legends Ball
2005 - Kennedy Center Honors
2005 - All the invisible children
2003 - Brother Bear
2003 - Janis et John
2003 - Ike and Tina Turner EP
2002 - It's Black Entertainment
2001 - Black Entertainment - A Celebration of Black Music
2000 - Ally McBeal Show
2000 - Playboy: The Party Continues
1995 - The history of Rock 'N'Roll, Vol. 1
1995 - Goldeneye
1993 - Who's Tommy, the Amazing Journey
1993 - Last Action Hero
1993 - What's Love Got to Do with It
1992 - The Grand Opening of Euro Disney
1992 - Peter’s Friends
1991 - Two Rooms
1990 - Opportunity Knocks
1990 - Days of Thunder
1989 - Hysteria 2
1988 - Bull Durham
1987 - Zabou, The Crack Connection
1986 - Iron Eagle
1986 - Women in Rock
1985 - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
1984 - Miami Vice
1984 - That Was Rock
1982 - Summer Lovers
1978 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1976 - All this and World war 2
1976 - All you need is love, the story of popular music
1975 - Tommy
1973 - Superstars in Concert, Sound of the City
1972 - Cocksucker Blues
1971 - Soul to Soul
1971 - Taking Off
1970 - It's Your Thing
1970 - Gimme Shelter
