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   From Sambo to Superspade: The Black Experience in Motion Pictures » Read Now

   by Daniel J. Leab. 308 pgs.

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   ...SUPERSPADE The Black Experience in Motion Pictures Books by Daniel J. Leab A...Superspade: The Black Experience in Motion Pictures From Sambo to SUPERSPADE The Black...
   
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   Reel Racism: Confronting Hollywood's Construction of Afro-American Culture » Read Now

   by Vincent F. Rocchio. 235 pgs.

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   Reel Black Talk: A Sourcebook of 50 American Filmmakers » Read Now

   by Spencer Moon. 400 pgs.

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   As evidenced in interviews included in this volume, many African American filmmakers consider themselves artists first, their ethnicity being only part of what influences their work. This is the first book by an African American on contemporary African American filmmakers. Here directors and...

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   As evidenced in interviews included in this volume, many African American filmmakers consider themselves artists first, their ethnicity being only part of what influences their work. This is the first book by an African American on contemporary African American filmmakers. Here directors and producers speak for themselves, posing challenges to current thinking in the field. Special emphasis is given to the filmmakers' productions and their experiences. Essays on historic figures reveal the rich history of the African American contribution to cinema. From Oscar Micheaux and Spencer Williams to Neema Barnett and the team of George Jackson and Doug McHenry, this revealing reference work will enlighten scholars, students, and film buffs.

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   Noir by Noirs: Towards a New Realism in Black Cinema, in African American Review » Read Now

   by Manthia Diawara. 13 pgs.

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   ...the main character realizes at the end that public law in this society has a long history of committing offenses against...structures erected to acquire liberties and...
   
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   No Accident: From Black Power to Black Box Office, in African American Review » Read Now

   by William Lyne. 20 pgs.

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   ...controlled by African Americans" 7). The success...summer day in the life of...include some pictures of black people...the unifying motion ripples through...include drugs...
   
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   Black Demons: Media's Depiction of the African American Male Criminal Stereotype (Chap. 5 "Bamboozled: Criminal Stereotypes of African Americans in Cinema") » Read Now

   by Dennis Rome. 134 pgs.

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   ...The stereotype of the African American male as a criminal element in society continues to be a major obstacle to greater racial harmony and the elimination of...
   
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   The New American Cinema ("A Circus of Dreams and Lies: The Black Film Wave at Middle Age" begins on p. 328) » Read Now

   by Jon Lewis. 406 pgs.

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   Deliberately eclectic and panoramic, THE NEW AMERICAN CINEMA brings together thirteen leading film scholars who present a range of theoretical, critical, and historical perspectives on a rich and pivotal time in American cinema--that from the mid 1960s to the present. With its range of topics and...

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   Deliberately eclectic and panoramic, THE NEW AMERICAN CINEMA brings together thirteen leading film scholars who present a range of theoretical, critical, and historical perspectives on a rich and pivotal time in American cinema--that from the mid 1960s to the present. With its range of topics and breadth of critical approaches, this anthology illuminates the volatile mix of industrial process and artistic inspiration that comprises American moviemaking. 46 photos.

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   High Contrast: Race and Gender in Contemporary Hollywood Film (Chap. 5 "Tell the Right Story: Spike Lee and the Politics of Representative Style") » Read Now

   by Sharon Willis. 268 pgs.

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   ...out all the glass in an office in order to cripple McClane...above follows his slithering motion and the sinuous trail of blood...situated with the cameras -- in dizzying...
   
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   Consumed by Images, in Artforum International » Read Now

   by Bell Hooks. 2 pgs.

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    On Fathers and Sons, Sex and Death: John Singleton's Boyz N the Hood, in Velvet Light Trap » Read Now

    by Glen Masato Mimura. 14 pgs.

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    ...Y. Davis," Transition 58 ( 1992 ). For an insightful examination of Ice Cubes work in the context of the complex relations between African Americans and Asian Americans...
    
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    Marginal Marginalia: The African-American Voice in the Nouvelle Gangster Film, in Velvet Light Trap » Read Now

    by Mark Winokur. 14 pgs.

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    ...representation of women in film, for example, African-Americans were, except for a token...blaxploitation films substituted African-Americans in a largely black milieu...of...
    
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    Hollywood's America: Social and Political Themes in Motion Pictures (Chap. 9 "A New Deal for Minorities?") » Read Now

    by Stephen Powers, David J. Rothman, Stanley Rothman. 300 pgs.

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    Achieving Authenticity in the Film Ghosts of Mississippi: Identity and Authorship in Historical Narratives, in The Western Journal of Black Studies » Read Now

    by Andrew Billings. 10 pgs.

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    ...influence most prominently: African-Americans who lived in the volatile 1960s. It...the representations of African-Americans in the film. Thus, filmmakers...a stronger...
    
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    Race-ing Noir and Re-placing History: The Mulatta and Memory in One False Move and Devil in a Blue Dress, in Velvet Light Trap » Read Now

    by Justus J. Nieland. 15 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library

    ...resurgence of noir in films directed by African-Americans, Diawara posits that the redeployment of the noir form itself plays a part in this "next wave of collective...
    
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    Whose Home on the Range? Finding Room for Native Americans, African Americans, and Latino Americans in the Revisionist Western, in MELUS » Read Now

    by Donald Hoffman. 15 pgs.

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    ...Hollywoods infamous treatment of African Americans. (18.) "Manichaean" and "archetypal" are words that come easily in discussions of Ford. See, for...Superspade: The Black...
    
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    Ronald Reagan and the Struggle for Black Dignity in Cinema, 1937-1953, in The Journal of African American History » Read Now

    by Stephen Vaughn. 15 pgs.

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    ...half as a motion picture actor...high point in his willingness...began making pictures at Warner...images for African Americans. During the...effort to use motion pictures...