Music
USA,
1998, 240 min
Directed by:
Louis J. HorvitzPerformers:
Debbie Allen (moderator), Louis Gossett Jr. (moderator), Lou Rawls (moderator), Alfre Woodard (moderator), Shari Belafonte (narrator), Michael Bolton, Toni Braxton, Jerry Butler, Mark Curry (more)Performers
![Debbie Allen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/476/163476902_3a0ea6.jpg)
Debbie Allen (moderator)
USA
Best movies:
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Fame (1980)
Ragtime (1981)
![Louis Gossett Jr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/405/164405843_318767.jpg)
Louis Gossett Jr. (moderator)
USA
Best movies:
Roots (1977) (series)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
The White Dawn (1974)
Lou Rawls (moderator)
USA
Best movies:
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Don King: Only in America (1997) (TV movie)
![Alfre Woodard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/522/166522522_322985.jpg)
Alfre Woodard (moderator)
USA
Best movies:
K-PAX (2001)
Star Trek VIII: First Contact (1996)
Primal Fear (1996)
Shari Belafonte (narrator)
USA
Best movies:
The Player (1992)
Babylon 5: Thirdspace (1998) (TV movie)
The Midnight Hour (1985) (TV movie)
![Michael Bolton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/929/160929237_402280.jpg)
Michael Bolton
USA
Best movies:
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
The Onion Movie (2008)
Snow Dogs (2002)
Toni Braxton
USA
Best movies:
Twist of Faith (2013) (TV movie)
Kingdom Come (2001)
Jerry Butler
USA
Mark Curry
USA
Best movies:
Armageddon (1998)
Switchback (1997)
Panther (1995)
![Ruby Dee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274209_eee107.jpg)
Ruby Dee
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
![Magic Johnson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/015/167015371_87cfd5.jpg)
Magic Johnson
USA
Best movies:
Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory (1995) (video compilation)
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation)
She's Having a Baby (1988)
![Quincy Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/421/160421706_ac398f.jpg)
Quincy Jones
USA
Best movies:
The Wiz (1978)
Sandy Wexler (2017)
Ziggy Marley
Jamaica
Best movies:
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Shark Tale (2004)
The Shrink Is In (2001)
![Sinbad](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270833_5dfb2a.jpg)
Sinbad
USA
Best movies:
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996)
That's Adequate (1989)
Club Med (1986) (TV movie)
Isiah Thomas
USA
![Vanessa Williams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/457/164457245_05e836.jpg)
Vanessa Williams
USA
Best movies:
The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992) (TV movie)
Homer's Odyssey (1997) (TV movie)
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
![Paul Winfield](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271341_3d0445.jpg)
Paul Winfield
USA
Best movies:
The Terminator (1984)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
The Blue and the Gray (1982) (series)