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Doc ‘The Sit-In’ Examines a Unique Moment in TV History When Harry Belafonte Hosted ‘The Tonight Show’

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By Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor In the documentary “The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show,” producers Valerie Thomas and Joan Walsh and director Yoruba Richen aimed to bring back home a seminal event in television history whose themes still resonate.

It was 1968, war was raging and racial tensions in America were at a boiling point, dividing the nation. In February, Harry Belafonte stepped in for Johnny Carson to host “The Tonight Show.” It was a monumental moment in which an

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