A documentary charting Harry Belafonte's week-long residency on 'The Tonight Show' in 1968 offers a helpful entry point to understanding all the complexities of his cultural stature.
and Poitier. Unfortunately, because NBC would record over old episodes in those days, most of these interviews are lost to history—though the doc thankfully features some audi0 recordings from the week provided by archivist Phil Gries.primarily zooms in on King and Kennedy’s guest spots. The interview clips are not exactly enjoyable and mostly unsettling, given their fates later that year.
All in all, the film does its best with a lack of archival footage that would, otherwise, seem crucial. Richen manages to fill in these gaps with Belafonte’s own recollection of the historic week. His anecdotes are ultimately more profound and informative than the commentary from some of the film’s talking heads, like The Roots drummer Questlove, comedian Robin Thede and journalist Wesley Morris.
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