American Masters

Ralph Ellison: An American Journey (Season 16, Episode 7)

TV-14

TV Episode | 87 min | Documentary, Biography, History

This documentary presents a portrait of African American author Ralph Ellison, one of the great American novelists of the twentieth century.

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Andre Braugher Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
John Amos Dr. Bledsoe Dr. Bledsoe See fewer	Coming to America (1988)
Paul Benjamin Grandfather Grandfather See fewer	The Station Agent (2003)
Jacques C. Smith Invisible Man Invisible Man See fewer	Oz (1997)
Amiri Baraka Self Self See fewer	Bulworth (1998)
Stanley Crouch Self Self See fewer	Jazz (2001)
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Self (as Henry Louis Gates) Self (as Henry Louis Gates) See fewer	12 Years a Slave (2013)
Toni Morrison Self Self See fewer	Beloved (1998)
Clyde Taylor Self Self See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Cornel West Self Self See fewer	The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
A'da Alison Woolfolk Mattie Lou Trueblood Mattie Lou Trueblood See fewer	The F Word (1998)