Velvet Film (2017)
Documentary
France | English | Color | 01:35
Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in America.
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Samuel L. Jackson | Narration |
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James Baldwin | Self |
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Martin Luther King | Self |
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Malcolm X | Self |
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Medgar Evers | Self |
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Robert F. Kennedy | Self |
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Harry Belafonte | Self |
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Paul Weiss | Self |
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Dick Cavett | Self |
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H. Rap Brown | Self - Black Panther Party |
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Bob Dylan | Self |
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Leander Perez | Self - White Citizens Council |
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Sidney Poitier | Various Roles |
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Ray Charles | Self |
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Doris Day | Various Roles |
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Gary Cooper | Frank Flannagan |
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Tony Curtis | John 'Joker' Jackson |
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Clinton Rosemond | Tump Redwine (clip from They Won't Forget (1937)) |
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Joan Crawford | Bonnie |
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Rod Steiger | Gillespie |
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Richard Widmark | Ray Biddle |
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Fay Wray | Ann Darrow |
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Marlon Brando | Self |
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Self |
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Charlton Heston | Self |
| Director | Raoul Peck |
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| Writer | James Baldwin, Raoul Peck | |
| Producer | Prudence Arndt, Joëlle Bertossa, Rémi Grellety, Hébert Peck, Raoul Peck, Patrick Quinet, Audrey Rosenberg, Amy Shatsky-Gambrill | |
| Musician | Alexei Aigui | |
| Photography | Henry Adebonojo, Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross | |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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| Screen Ratios | Widescreen (1.78:1) |
| Audio Tracks | Stereo [English] |
| Distributor | Magnolia Pictures |
| Edition Release Date | May 02, 2017 |
| Regions | Region 1 |