It's Black Entertainment

A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa Williams traces the struggles and triumphs of the superstars of music and film. Among the many artists featured are: Whitney Houston, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Cab Calloway, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Ella Fitzgerald, and Little Richard, Also included are today's contemporary superstars: Snoop Dogg, Ice T, Quincy Jones, Spike Lee, Russell Simmons, and many, more! 80 minutes plus DVD bonus features.

Full Cast of It's Black Entertainment

Vanessa Williams as Self - Host

Vanessa Williams

as Self - Host

An American pop-R&B recording artist, producer, dancer, model, and actress. In 1983, she became the first woman of Af...

Whitney Houston as Self

Whitney Houston

as Self
Ella Fitzgerald as Self (archive footage)

Ella Fitzgerald

as Self (archive footage)
Snoop Dogg as Self

Snoop Dogg

as Self

Snoop Dogg (given name is Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr.) is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, ac...

Diana Ross as Self (archive footage)

Diana Ross

as Self (archive footage)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer, actress, and record pr...

Spike Lee as Self

Spike Lee

as Self

Spike Lee was born Shelton Lee in 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia. At a very young age, he moved from pre-civil rights Geor...

Louis Armstrong as Self (archive footage)

Louis Armstrong

as Self (archive footage)
Little Richard as Self

Little Richard

as Self

Richard Wayne Penniman (December 5, 1932 - May 9, 2020), better known as Little Richard, was a flamboyant and groundb...

Debbie Allen as Self

Debbie Allen

as Self

Debbie Allen is an American film and television actress and director.

Carl Anderson as Self

Carl Anderson

as Self
Josephine Baker as Self (archive footage)

Josephine Baker

as Self (archive footage)
James Brown as Self (archive footage)

James Brown

as Self (archive footage)

James Brown (May 3, 1933 - December 25, 2006) was an American singer and songwriter, eventually referred to as "The G...

Tisha Campbell as Self

Tisha Campbell

as Self

Tisha Michelle Campbell (born October 13, 1968) is an American actress, comedian, singer and dancer. She's best known...

Nat King Cole as Self (archive footage)

Nat King Cole

as Self (archive footage)
Sean Combs as Self (archive footage)

Sean Combs

as Self (archive footage)

Sean Love Combs (born Sean John Combs; November 4, 1969), also known by his stage names Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, or Didd...

Dorothy Dandridge as Self (archive footage)

Dorothy Dandridge

as Self (archive footage)
Sammy Davis Jr. as Self (archive footage)

Sammy Davis Jr.

as Self (archive footage)
Rah Digga as Self

Rah Digga

as Self
Suzzanne Douglas as Self

Suzzanne Douglas

as Self
Dr. Dre as Self

Dr. Dre

as Self
Billy Eckstine as Self (archive footage)

Billy Eckstine

as Self (archive footage)
Duke Ellington as Self (archive footage)

Duke Ellington

as Self (archive footage)
Jamie Foxx as Self

Jamie Foxx

as Self

Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), professionally known as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer-songwri...

Aretha Franklin as Mrs. Murphy (archive footage)

Aretha Franklin

as Mrs. Murphy (archive footage)

Nelson George

as Self
Jasmine Guy as Self

Jasmine Guy

as Self
Jimi Hendrix as Self (archive footage)

Jimi Hendrix

as Self (archive footage)
Gregory Hines as Self

Gregory Hines

as Self
Billie Holiday as Self (archive footage)

Billie Holiday

as Self (archive footage)
Lena Horne as Self (archive footage)

Lena Horne

as Self (archive footage)
Reginald Hudlin as Self

Reginald Hudlin

as Self

Reginald Alan Hudlin is an American writer and film director.

Ice-T as Self

Ice-T

as Self

Tracy Morrow (born February 16, 1958), better known by his stage name Ice-T, is an American musician and actor. He w...

Michael Jackson as Self (archive footage)

Michael Jackson

as Self (archive footage)

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American recording artist, dancer, singer-songwriter,...

James 'Jimmy Jam' Harris III

as Self
Quincy Jones as Self

Quincy Jones

as Self
A.J. Johnson as Self (archive footage)

A.J. Johnson

as Self (archive footage)
Eartha Kitt as Self (archive footage)

Eartha Kitt

as Self (archive footage)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Eartha Mae Kitt (January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008) was an American actres...

John Landis as Self

John Landis

as Self

John Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. He is known for hi...

Stan Lathan as Self

Stan Lathan

as Self

Terry Lewis

as Self
LL Cool J as Self (archive footage)

LL Cool J

as Self (archive footage)

James Todd Smith, better known as LL Cool J (acronym for Ladies Love Cool James), is an American rapper, songwriter, ...

Wynton Marsalis as Self

Wynton Marsalis

as Self
Harold Nicholas as Self (archive footage)

Harold Nicholas

as Self (archive footage)
Alan Parker as Self

Alan Parker

as Self
Otis Redding as Self (archive footage)

Otis Redding

as Self (archive footage)
Christopher Reid as Self (archive footage)

Christopher Reid

as Self (archive footage)
Busta Rhymes as Self

Busta Rhymes

as Self
Smokey Robinson as Self

Smokey Robinson

as Self
Russell Simmons as Self

Russell Simmons

as Self
Bessie Smith as Self (archive footage)

Bessie Smith

as Self (archive footage)
Tina Turner as Self (archive footage)

Tina Turner

as Self (archive footage)

Tina Turner (November 26, 1939 - May 24, 2023) was an American singer and actress whose career spanned more than 50 y...

Fats Waller as Self (archive footage)

Fats Waller

as Self (archive footage)
Billy Dee Williams as Self

Billy Dee Williams

as Self

William December "Billy Dee" Williams Jr. (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor, voice actor, and artist. He is b...

Donald Bogle

as Self

Kenny Burrell

as Self

James Cross

as Self (archive footage)
Suzanne de Passe as Self

Suzanne de Passe

as Self
Berry Gordy as Self

Berry Gordy

as Self

Eddie Hartman

as Self (archive footage)

'Crip' Heard

as Self (archive footage)

Rubberneck Holmes

as Self (archive footage)
Louis Jordan as Self (archive footage)

Louis Jordan

as Self (archive footage)

Camille King

as Maddam CJ Walker

Kyme

as Rachel Meadows (archive footage)

Velma Middleton

as Self (archive footage)
Fayard Nicholas as Self

Fayard Nicholas

as Self
The Notorious B.I.G. as Self (archive footage)

The Notorious B.I.G.

as Self (archive footage)

Earl 'Snake Hips' Tucker

as Self (archive footage)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe as Self (archive footage)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

as Self (archive footage)

Crew of It's Black Entertainment

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