Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017)
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me is the first major film documentary to examine Davis’ vast talent and his journey for identity through the shifting tides of civil rights and racial progress during 20th-century America.
Cast and Crew:
Director(s):
Writer(s):
Laurence Maslon
Starring:
Sammy Davis Jr., Harry Belafonte, Tony Bennett, Humphrey Bogart, Burt Boyar, Todd Boyd, Leslie Bricusse, May Britt, Robert J. Brown, Eddie Cantor, Diahann Carroll, Billy Crystal, Angie Dickinson, Michael Dinwiddie, Gerald Early, Will Friedwald, Whoopi Goldberg, Arsenio Hall, Michael Jackson, Margo Jefferson, Quincy Jones, John F. Kennedy, Jason King, Larry King, Martin Luther King Jr., Buz Kohan, Peter Lawford, Norman Lear, Jerry Lewis, Shirley MacLaine, Dean Martin, Eddie Murphy, Richard Nixon, Kim Novak, Carroll O’Connor, Sidney Poitier, Emilie Raymond, Max Rudin, Donald Rumsfeld, Isabel Sanford, George Schlatter, Arthur Silber Jr., Michele Simms-Burton, Frank Sinatra, Jean Stapleton, David Steinberg, Charles Strouse, Ethel Waters, Paula Wayne
Producer(s):
Michael Kantor, Nicole London, Sally Rosenthal
Release Info:
Release Date: September 10, 2017 (Canada) | Length: 100 min | Genre: Biography, Dance, History, Music | MPAA Rating: NR | Note(s): Premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in 2017.