1.
O cinema de Hollywood até os anos 40
tendeu a ignorar a problemática racial dos
EEUU e en consecuencia os actores e
actrices afroamericanos tiveron durante
décadas unha presenza menor e
subalterna nos filmes estadounidenses.
Entre as nobres excepcións que van máis
alá das criadas do “vello Sur” e outros
tópicos equivalentes atopamos clásicos
coma Imitation of Life (1934) ou Pinky
(1949).

2.
Imitation of Life (John M. Stahl, 1934)
Claudette Colbert, Louise Beavers, Fredi Washington
Imitation of Life (Douglas Sirk, 1959)
Lana Turner, Juanita Moore, Susan Kohner

3.
Pinky (Elia Kazan, 1949)
Jeanne Crain, Ether Barrymore, Ethel Waters
Home of the Brave (Mark Robson, 1949)
Jeff Corey, Lloyd Bridges, James Edwards

4.
A partir dos anos 50 fíxose un oco unha nova xeración de intérpretes que, en
paralelo á loita polos dereitos civís, conseguiu dar vida outro tipo de personaxes
e a través deles expoñer o racismo estrutural da sociedade. Repasamos (por
orde cronolóxica de nacemento) algúns nomes fundamentais dun período
cultural e politicamente efervescente.
John Cassavettes e Sidney Poitier en EDGE OF THE CITY (Martin Ritt, 1957)

5.
Woody Strode
N: 25 de xullo de 1914, Los Angeles, California (EEUU)
M: 31 de decembro de 1994, Glendora, California
(EEUU)
1959 Pork Chop Hill Lewis Milestone
1960 The Last Voyage Andrew L. Stone
1960 Sergeant Rutledge John Ford
1960 Spartacus Stanley Kubrick
1961 Two Rode Together John Ford
1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
John Ford
1966 Seven Women John Ford
1966 The Professionals Richard Brooks
1968 Seduto alla sua destra Valerio
Zurlini
1968 C'era una volta il West Sergio Leone

6.
Ruby Dee
N: 27 de outubro de 1922, Cleveland, Ohio (EE UU)
M: 11 de xuño de 2014, New Rochelle, Nova York (EEUU)
1950 The Jackie Robinson Story Alfred E.
Green
1951 Cry, the Beloved Country Zoltán
Korda
1957 Edge of the City Martin Ritt
1961 A Raisin in the Sun Daniel Petrie
1972 Buck and the Preacher
1989 Do the Right Thing Spike Lee
2007 American Gangster Ridley Scott

7.
Dorothy
Dandridge
N: 9 de novembro de 1922, Cleveland, Ohio (EE UU)
M: 8 de setembro de 1965, West Hollywood,
California (EEUU)
1953 Bright Road Gerald Mayer
1954 Carmen Jones Otto Preminger
1957 Island in the Sun Robert Rossen
1959 Porgy and Bess Otto Preminger

8.
Sidney Poitier
N: 20 de febreiro de 1927, Miami, Florida (EE UU)
M: 6 de xaneiro de 2022, Beverly Hills, California (EEUU)
1950 No Way Out Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1951 Cry, the Beloved Country Zoltán
Korda
1957 Edge of the City Martin Ritt
1958 The Defiant Ones Stanley Kramer
1961 A Raisin in the Sun Daniel Petrie
1961 Paris Blues Martin Ritt
1963 Lilies on the Field Ralph Nelson
1965 A Patch of Blue Guy Green
1967 In the Heat of the Night Norman
Jewison
1967 Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Stanley Kramer
1968 For Love of Ivy Daniel Mann
Como director:
1972 Buck and the Preacher
1974 Uptown Saturday Night
1980 Stir Crazy

9.
Harry Belafonte
N: 1 de marzo de 1927, Nova York (EE UU)
1953 Bright Road Gerald Mayer
1954 Carmen Jones Otto Preminger
1957 Island in the Sun Robert Rossen
1959 The World, the Flesh and the Devil
Ranald MacDougall
1959 Odds Against Tomorrow Robert Wise
1972 Buck and the Preacher Sidney Poitier
1974 Uptown Saturday Night Sidney Poitier
1996 Kansas City Robert Altman
2006 Bobby Emilio Estévez
2018 BlacKkKlansman Spike Lee

10.
Brock Peters
N: 2 de xullo de 1927, Nova York (EE UU)
M: 23 de agosto de 2005, Los Angeles, California
(EEUU)
1954 Carmen Jones Otto Preminger
1959 Porgy and Bess Otto Preminger
1962 The L-Shaped Room Bryan Forbes
1963 To Kill a Mockingbird Robert
Mulligan
1964 The Pawnbroker Sidney Lumet
1965 Major Dundee Sam Peckinpah
1972 Black Girl Ossie Davis
1973 Soylent Green Richard Fleischer
1974 Lost in the Stars Daniel Mann

11.
Abbey Lincoln
N: 6 de agosto de 1930, Chicago, Illinois (EE UU)
M: 14 de agosto de 2010, Nova York (EEUU)
1964 Nothing but a Man Michael Roemer
1968 For Love of Ivy Daniel Mann

12.
Ivan Dixon
N: 6 de abril de 1931, Nova York (EE UU)
M: 16 de marzo de 2008, Charlotte, Carolina do Norte
(EEUU)
1959 Porgy and Bess Otto Preminger
1961 A Raisin in the Sun Daniel Petrie
1964 Nothing but a Man Michael
Roemer
1965 A Patch of Blue Guy Green
1976 Car Wash Michael Schultz
Como director:
1972 Trouble Man
1974 The Spook Who Sat by the Door

13.
Diahann Carroll
N: 17 de xullo de 1935, Nova York (EE UU)
M: 4 de outubro de 2019, Los Angeles, California
(EEUU)
1954 Carmen Jones Otto Preminger
1959 Porgy and Bess Otto Preminger
1961 Paris Blues Martin Ritt
1974 Claudine John Berry