Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

{{Short description|Documentary film on African American cinema}}

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen is a 1975 documentary film about African American cinema. It was distributed by Lucerne Films.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4186675|title=Black shadows on a silver screen.|date=June 17, 1975|oclc=4186675 |via=Open WorldCat}} Steven York directed and edited the film.{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/jots.200013892/|title=BLACK SHADOWS ON THE SILVER SCREEN|website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}} Ossie Davis narrates.{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6f6037b6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205221608/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6f6037b6|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 5, 2017|title=Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)|website=BFI}}

The movie was screened at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. Thomas Cripps wrote the film. Ray Hubbard executive produced and Stephan Henriquez and William Bowman produced under Post-Newsweek Productions.

The film Birth of a Race is noted in the documentary. Clips from various films including Pinky, Hearts in Dixie, So Red the Rose, and Birth of a Nation are included.