What's NEW in the Archive
Black Omnibus
Renowned actor James Earl Jones hosted this one hour television series from 1973 offering live performances by some of the era's greatest African American musicians, dancers, writers and comedians. Appearances by the likes of The Spinners, Luther Ingram, Abbey Lincoln, Taj Mahal, writer Alex Haley, Richard Pryor and many others highlight this time capsule from the 1970s. The footage marks a time of racial pride and awareness. All programs have been digitized from the original source master.
| RICHARD PRYOR (1973) Black Omnibus Interview |
| RUFUS THOMAS (1973) "The Funky Robot" Black Omnibus |
The Red Skelton Hour (1952-1961)
Comedian Red Skelton hosted an Emmy winning comedy/variety show from 1951up until the 1970s. Besides Skelton's classic comedy routines many guest stars were on hand to sing, dance and perform in comedy skits with Red. In association with SHOUT! FACTORY, Historic Films offers clip licensing for the first nine years of the series.
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What's NEW In Production
The Big Beat
Tales of the Fat Man and the Birth of Rock N' Roll
Historic Film's 90 minute documentary on the early careers of Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew will be premiering as the closing night feature of this year's New Orleans Film Festival on October 23rd and will be broadcast nationally in 2015. Folk Music Retrospective
Historic Films is currently in production on a folk music retrospective to be hosted by folk music icon Loudon Wainwright III. Details on this production will be made available in our next newsletter. Stay tuned!
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