Director
Raoul Peck
DIRECTOR
Stars (in credits order)
Samuel L. Jackson
Narration(voice)
James Baldwin
Self(archiveFootage)
Martin Luther King
Malcolm X
Medgar Evers
Robert F. Kennedy
Harry Belafonte
Paul Weiss
Dick Cavett
H. Rap Brown
Self - Black Panther Party(archiveFootage)
Bob Dylan
Leander Perez
Self - White Citizens Council(archiveFootage)
Sidney Poitier
Various Roles(archiveFootage)
Ray Charles
Doris Day
Gary Cooper
Frank Flannagan(archiveFootage)
Tony Curtis
John 'Joker' Jackson(archiveFootage)
Clinton Rosemond
Tump Redwine (clip from They Won't Forget (1937))(archiveFootage)
Joan Crawford
Bonnie(archiveFootage)
Rod Steiger
Gillespie(archiveFootage)
Richard Widmark
Ray Biddle(archiveFootage)
Fay Wray
Ann Darrow(archiveFootage)
Marlon Brando
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Charlton Heston
Michelle Obama
Willie Best
Exodus (clip from The Monster Walks (1932))(archiveFootage)
George W. Bush
Kenneth Clark
Self (clip from The Negro and the American Promise (1963))(archiveFootage)
Tristao Darius
Self
Stepin Fetchit
Richard (clip from I Ain't Gonna Open That Door (1947))(archiveFootage)
Lorraine Hansberry
Shumerria Harris
Audrey Hepburn
Ariane Chavasse(archiveFootage)
J. Edgar Hoover
Self - Head of the FBI(archiveFootage)
JoeyStarr
Narrator french version(voice)
Coretta Scott King
Rodney King
Barack Obama
Macc Plaise
Self (Portraits)
Cathy Salvodon
Arnold Schwarzenegger
John Wayne
Ringo Kid(archiveFootage)
Billy Dee Williams
George Bancroft
Marshal Curley Wilcox (clip from Stagecoach (1939))(uncredited)(archiveFootage)
Louise Beavers
Delilah Johnson (clip from Imitation of Life (1934))(uncredited)(archiveFootage)
Dorothy Black
Peola Johnson age 10 (clip from Imitation of Life (1934))(uncredited)(archiveFootage)
Earl Bostic
Self (clip from I Ain't Gonna Open That Door (1947))(uncredited)(archiveFootage)
Sidney Bracey
Herbert Wilkes (clip from The Monster Walks (1932))(uncredited)(archiveFootage)
Godfrey Cambridge
Self (clip from Chiquita Banana commercial)(uncredited)(archiveFootage)
John Carradine
Hatfield (clip from Stagecoach (1939))(uncredited)(archiveFootage)
Linda Darnell
Edie Johnson (clip from No Way Out (1950))(uncredited)(archiveFootage)
Norma Drew
Teacher (clip from Imitation of Life (1934))(uncredited)(archiveFootage)
Carol Haney
Gladys Hotchkiss (clip from The Pajama Game (1957))(uncredited)(archiveFootage)
Arte Johnson
Self (clip from The Gong Show (1976))(uncredited)(archiveFootage)
Noble Johnson
Native Chief (clip from King Kong (1933))(uncredited)(archiveFootage)
James B. Lowe
Uncle Tom (clip from Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927))(uncredited)(archiveFootage)
Claudia McNeil
Lena Younger (clip from A Raisin in the Sun (1961))(uncredited)(archiveFootage)
Thomas Mitchell
Doc Josiah Boone (clip from Stagecoach (1939))(uncredited)(archiveFootage)
Jack Mower
Mr. Shelby (clip from Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927))(uncredited)(archiveFootage)
Gene Nelson
Tom Farnham (clip from Lullaby of Broadway (1951))(uncredited)(archiveFootage)
Vivien Oakland
Mrs. Shelby (clip from Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927))(uncredited)(archiveFootage)
Louise Platt
Mrs. Lucy Mallory (clip from Stagecoach (1939))(uncredited)(archiveFootage)
S.Z. Sakall
Adolph Hubbell (clip from Lullaby of Broadway (1951))(uncredited)(archiveFootage)
Isabel Sanford
Tillie (clip from Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967))(uncredited)(archiveFootage)
George Siegmann
Simon Legree (clip from Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927))(uncredited)(archiveFootage)
Claire Trevor
Dallas(uncredited)(archiveFootage)
Lester Vail
Bob (clip from Dance, Fools, Dance (1931))(uncredited)(archiveFootage)