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Race: The Power of an Illusion is a three-part documentary series produced by California Newsreel that investigates the idea of race in society, science and history. The educational documentary originally screened on American public television and was primarily funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Ford Foundation and PBS.
Original Release
04/24/2003 on PBS
US Release
04/24/2003
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| CCH Pounder | Self - Narrator |
| James Horton | Self - Historian |
| Alan Goodman | Self - Biological Anthropologist / Self - Anthropologist |
| Pilar Ossorio | Self - Legal Scholar, Microbiologist / Self - Legal Scholar, Biologist |
| Joseph Graves Jr. | Self - Evolutionary Biologist / Self - Biologist |
| Mae Ngai | Self - Historian |
| Robin D.G. Kelley | Self - Historian |
| Stephen Jay Gould | Self - Paleontologist |
| Bill Griffith | Self - Creator of Zippy the Pinhead |
| Paul Finkelman | Self - Historian |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Difference Between Us | |
| 2 | The Story We Tell | Thursday, 24 April 2003 |
| 3 | The House We Live In | Thursday, 24 April 2003 |
Directors
Tracy Heather Strain, Llewellyn M. Smith
Writers
Christine Herbes-Sommers, Tracy Heather Strain, Llewellyn M. Smith
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| CCH Pounder | Self - Narrator |
| James Horton | Self - Historian |
| Alan Goodman | Self - Biological Anthropologist / Self - Anthropologist |
| Pilar Ossorio | Self - Legal Scholar, Microbiologist / Self - Legal Scholar, Biologist |
| Joseph Graves Jr. | Self - Evolutionary Biologist / Self - Biologist |
| Mae Ngai | Self - Historian |
| Robin D.G. Kelley | Self - Historian |
| Stephen Jay Gould | Self - Paleontologist |
| Bill Griffith | Self - Creator of Zippy the Pinhead |
| Paul Finkelman | Self - Historian |
| Audrey Smedley | Self - Anthropologist |
| Robert Rydell | Self - Historian |
| Edith Takeya | Self - Daughter of Takao Ozawa |
| Eugene Burnett | Self - Long Island Resident |
| Eduardo Bonilla-Silva | Self - Sociologist |
| Bunny Frisby | Self - Roosevelt Resident |
| Mary-Claire King | Self - Geneticist |
| Mia Bay | Self - Historian |
| Ira Berlin | Self - Historian |
| John Powell | Self - Legal Scholar |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Larry Adelman | Executive Producer |
| Natatcha Estébanez | Producer |
| Jean Cheng | Producer |
| Julia Elliot | Producer |
| Jennifer Pearce | Producer |
| Christine Herbes-Sommers | Producer |
| Sandy Haller | Producer |
| Tracy Heather Strain | Producer |
| Llewellyn M. Smith | Producer |
| Susan Bellows | Producer |
