Name: Color Adjustment
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 1992-01-29
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Ruby Dee, Norman Lear, Tim Reid, Daphne Maxwell Reid, Steven Bochco

1992·Documentary·1h 20m

7.1

★

From Amos 'n' Andy to Nat King Cole, from Roots to The Cosby Show, black people have played many roles on primetime television. Brilliantly weaving clips from classic TV shows with commentary from TV producers, black actors and scholars, Marlon Riggs blends humor, insight, and thoughtful analysis to explore the evolution of black/white relations as reflected by America's favorite addiction.

Directed by Marlon Riggs

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1960s

Trailer

IMDB

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Cast

Ruby Dee

Narrator

Norman Lear

Self

Tim Reid

Self

Daphne Maxwell Reid

Self

Steven Bochco

Self

Diahann Carroll

Self

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Self

Hal Kanter

Self

Sheldon Leonard

Self

Denise Nicholas

Self

Esther Rolle

Self

David L. Wolper

Self

Crew

Marlon Riggs

Director

Marlon Riggs

Writer

Deborah Hoffmann

Editor

Marlon Riggs

Producer

Popular Reviews

11 reviews

Elisethebeast

I fought with my local library and purchased an Ovid seven day trial for this doc

Lucas Ernstberger

8.0★ · 07/04/25

“All roles are dangerous. The world tends to trap and immobilize you in the role you play; and it is not always easy—in fact, it is always extremely hard—to maintain a kind of watchful, mocking distance between oneself as one appears to be and oneself as one actually is.”

- James Baldwin

Kelly

7.0★ · 02/26/25

3.5/4

Emily

6.8★ · 02/18/25

What I wouldn’t give to see Marlon Riggs cover the 90s explosion of Black TV representation

kar

8.3★ · 11/14/22

this was very engaging and well done. i’d really like to see something like this come out in the future that examines some newer shows, especially now that we’re in an era heavily dominated by streaming