...& Beautiful

Overview

Hosted by comedian Redd Foxx, …& Beautiful was the first syndicated television special produced for African American audiences to be sponsored by a Black-owned company (Johnson Products, makers of Afro Sheen). Dynamically stylized with Afrocentric and psychedelic designs and costuming, the vibrant production represents an invaluable late-’60s audiovisual time capsule documenting the joy, liberation and empowerment of the Black Is Beautiful movement.

Cast

Redd Foxx

Della Reese

Wilt Chamberlain

Wilson Pickett

Jerry Butler

The Blossoms

Letta Mbulu

The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

"Little" Dion Overstreet

Donald McKayle Dancers