Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998 | 54m | English
Popularity: 0.8 (history)
| Director: | Alexandra Isles |
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| Writer: | Alexandra Isles |
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| A look at the confluence of the Red Scare, McCarthyism, and blacklists with the post-war activism by African Americans seeking more and better roles on radio, television, and stage. It begins in Harlem, measures the impact of Paul Robeson and the campaign to bring him down, looks at the role of HUAC, J. Edgar Hoover and of journalists such as Ed Sullivan, and ends with a tribute to Canada Lee. Throughout are interviews with men and women who were there, including Dick Campbell of the Rose McLendon Players and Fredrick O'Neal of the American Negro Theatre. In the 1940s and 1950s, anti-Communism was one more tool to maintain Jim Crow and to keep down African-Americans. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 01, 1998 |
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| Director: | Alexandra Isles |
| Writer: | Alexandra Isles |
| Genres: | Documentary, History |
| Keywords | racism, post world war ii, harlem renaissance, mccarthyism, artistic risk, black community, hollywood blacklist |
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Revenue: $100,000
Budget: $1,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Morgan Freeman | Self |
| Rosetta LeNoire | Self |
| Dick Campbell | Self |
| Frederick O'Neal | Self |
| Ossie Davis | Self |
| Paul Robeson | Self (archive footage) |
| Joseph Wershba | Self |
| J. Edgar Hoover | Self (archive footage) |
| Jackie Robinson | Self (archive footage) |
| Hazel Scott | Self (archive footage) |
| Adam Clayton Powell III | Self - son of Hazel Scott |
| Sidney Poitier | Reverend Msimangu (archive footage) |
| Canada Lee | Stephen Kumalo (archive footage) |
| Gertrude Jeannette | Self |
| Erik Barnouw | Self - broadcast historian |
| Gregory Abbott | Newsreel Narrator (voice) (archive sound) |
| Harry Belafonte | Self |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Alexandra Isles | Producer |
| Dovie Powell Banks | Associate Producer |
| Cassandra Barbour | Associate Producer |
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