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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

Name: The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2020-04-15

directed by Yoruba Richen

“The week late night TV woke America.”

20201h 15mDocumentary

Big Beach & JustFilms / Ford Foundation present

The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

directed by Yoruba Richen

“The week late night TV woke America.”

20201h 15mDocumentary

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Documentary

For one week in February 1968, Johnny Carson gave up his chair to Harry Belafonte, the first time an African-American had hosted a late night TV show for a whole week.

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Yoruba Richen

§ Cast

8

as Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

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