The Promised Land
Brief Synopsis
Five-part documentary detailing the migration of millions of African-Americans from the deep South to the industrial North, between 1942 and 1970. Uses archival materials and interviews, as well as a focus on music of the period and the present.
Cast & Crew
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Edmund Coulthard
Director
Morgan Freeman
Narrator
James Hinton
Sterling Dominic Plumpp
Duke Ellington
Performer
Ernest Whitehead
Film Details
Also Known As
Promised Land
Genre
Adaptation
Documentary
Historical
Music
Release Date
1995
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Synopsis
Five-part documentary detailing the migration of millions of African-Americans from the deep South to the industrial North, between 1942 and 1970. Uses archival materials and interviews, as well as a focus on music of the period and the present.
Director
Edmund Coulthard
Director
Cast
Morgan Freeman
Narrator
James Hinton
Sterling Dominic Plumpp
Duke Ellington
Performer
Ernest Whitehead
Odell Wills
Joanna Wills
Uless Carter
Count Basie
Performer
Florida Denton
Miles Davis
Performer
Robert Johnson
Performer
Louis Armstrong
Performer
Vernon Jarrett
Viethel Wills
David Edwards
Crew
Terence Blanchard
Original Music
Charles Branham
Advisor
James Brown
Song Performer
Jacob D Collins
Sound
Sam Cooke
Song
Terence Trent D'arby
Song Performer
Ray Davies
Executive Producer
Kenny Debret
Sound
Dionne Farris
Song Performer
Aretha Franklin
Song Performer
Marvin Gaye
Song Performer
Anthony Geffen
Producer
Al Green
Song Performer
James Grossman
Advisor
Alyson Hamilton
Animator
Tremaine Hawkins
Song Performer
Mark Hayhurst
Assistant Producer
Mark Hayhurst
Writer
Billie Holiday
Song Performer
Howlin' Wolf
Song Performer
Mahalia Jackson
Song Performer
Blind Willie Johnson
Song Performer
Puff Johnson
Song Performer
Nasir Jones
Song Performer
Major Lance
Song Performer
Jacob Lawrence
Animator
Nancy Lebrun
Producer
Nicholas Lemann
Book As Source Material
Curtis Mayfield
Song
Harold Melvin
Song Performer
Paul O'dell
Editor
Sterling Dominic Plumpp
Advisor
Richard Ranken
Photography
Carlton Ridenhour
Song Performer
Bessie Smith
Song Performer
Guy Thompson
Animator
Joe Trotter
Advisor
Tommy Tucker
Song Performer
Trevor Williamson
Editor
William Julius Wilson
Advisor
Film Details
Also Known As
Promised Land
Genre
Adaptation
Documentary
Historical
Music
Release Date
1995
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
