Learn more about the book: https://bit.ly/colorizationbook. Delve into the fascinating history of Black cinema in this unprecedented look at 100 years of Black movies—from Gone with the Wind to Blaxploitation films to Black Panther. From the acclaimed author of The Butler.

Voice-over by Hayley Armstrong

Artists depicted in this trailer:
Filmmaker Oscar Micheaux
Actress Hattie McDaniel (Gone with the Wind, directed by Victor Fleming)— winner of the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1940
James Edwards (Home of the Brave, directed by Mark Robson)
Dorothy Dandridge (Carmon Jones, directed by Otto Preminger)
Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier (Buck and the Preacher, directed by Sidney Potier)
Pam Grier (Foxy Brown, directed by Jack Hill)
Richard Roundtree (Shaft, directed by Gordon Parks)
LeVar Burton (Roots, directed by Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, and Gilbert Moses)
Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing, directed by Spike Lee)
Cuba Gooding Jr. and Ice Cube (Boyz n the Hood, directed by John Singleton)
Lupita Nyong'o and Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave, directed by Steve McQueen)
Alex R. Hibbert (Moonlight, directed by Barry Jenkins)
Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther, directed by Ryan Coogler)