The Untold West:
The black west

Narrated by Danny Glover

49min  |  Not Rated  |  1993

Forgotten Pioneers of the Frontier

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Narrated by Danny Glover, The Untold West: The Black West is episode two of a three-part TBS series entitled The Untold West. This episode salutes the achievements of the pioneering African-American cowboys and frontiersmen who took part in the taming of the frontier. The stories and achievements of several larger-than-life heroes and heroines including Pony Express rider Mary Fields and bronco-riding champion Bill Pickett are told through rare archival photographs, contemporary journals, diaries, reenactiments and on-camera interviews with contemporary Black rodeo riders, and with singer-actor Herb Jeffries, star of numerous Black cowboy movies. The film provides a fascinating look at a little-known part of America’s history.

Emmy Award for Writing in a Documentary

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Danny Glover
Narrator

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Trailer

Awards

1995 - Cable ACE Awards

Cable ACE Nominee
THE UNTOLD WEST: THE BLACK WEST
Producers - Nina Rosenblum and William Miles

1994 - Primetime Emmy Awards

Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming
THE UNTOLD WEST: THE BLACK WEST
Dennis Watlington, Daedalus Productions, Inc./TBS

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