Passion and Memory(1986)

Name: Passion and Memory
Director: Roy Campanella II
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1986-01-01
Duration: 57 min
Cast: Robert Guillaume

Robert Guillaume

A documentary that profiles the professional and personal lives of black entertainers Lincoln “Stepin Fetchit” Perry, Hattie McDaniel, Bill Robinson, Dorothy Dandridge, and Sidney Poitier. By exploring the careers of these five black film stars, the film reveals how black film roles have changed in American movies during the past sixty years. Based on the book “Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies & Bucks” by Donald Bogle.