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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “AMOS ‘N’ ANDY”

By Phil Hall | February 18, 2005

BOOTLEG FILES 065: “Amos ‘n’ Andy” (1951-53 TV series which has generated charges of racism since its first broadcast).

LAST SEEN: Ten episodes received a very rare public screening at New York’s Black Film Festival in August 2001.

AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.

REASON FOR DISAPPEARANCE: If you don’t know, you’ve been living under that proverbial rock.

CHANCES OF SEEING A DVD RELEASE: Oh, puh-leeze!

BOOTLEG OPPORTUNITIES: This has been available on bootleg video since the reign of Betamax in the 1970s.

Get the bootleg in part two of THE BOOTLEG FILES: “AMOS ‘N’ ANDY”>>>

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