African Americans in Film
Title | African Americans in Film PDF eBook |
Author | Camille R. Michaels |
Publisher | Greenhaven Publishing LLC |
Pages | 106 |
Release | 2017-07-15 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1534560815 |
The whitewashing of roles in films and the lack of representation at awards shows such as the Oscars are only two of the career obstacles African American actors and filmmakers have historically faced. Although blackface is now taboo, racism is still prevalent in Hollywood. Readers explore the causes of the systemic oppression that has made it difficult for African Americans to break into the movie business. Through full-color photographs and primary sources, readers will learn how to become more thoughtful viewers of movies and television.
Colorization
Title | Colorization PDF eBook |
Author | Wil Haygood |
Publisher | Knopf |
Pages | 473 |
Release | 2021-10-19 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0525656871 |
A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' TOP BOOK OF THE YEAR • BOOKLISTS' EDITOR'S CHOICE • ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “At once a film book, a history book, and a civil rights book.… Without a doubt, not only the very best film book [but] also one of the best books of the year in any genre. An absolutely essential read.” —Shondaland This unprecedented history of Black cinema examines 100 years of Black movies—from Gone with the Wind to Blaxploitation films to Black Panther—using the struggles and triumphs of the artists, and the films themselves, as a prism to explore Black culture, civil rights, and racism in America. From the acclaimed author of The Butler and Showdown. Beginning in 1915 with D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation—which glorified the Ku Klux Klan and became Hollywood's first blockbuster—Wil Haygood gives us an incisive, fascinating, little-known history, spanning more than a century, of Black artists in the film business, on-screen and behind the scenes. He makes clear the effects of changing social realities and events on the business of making movies and on what was represented on the screen: from Jim Crow and segregation to white flight and interracial relationships, from the assassination of Malcolm X, to the O. J. Simpson trial, to the Black Lives Matter movement. He considers the films themselves—including Imitation of Life, Gone with the Wind, Porgy and Bess, the Blaxploitation films of the seventies, Do The Right Thing, 12 Years a Slave, and Black Panther. And he brings to new light the careers and significance of a wide range of historic and contemporary figures: Hattie McDaniel, Sidney Poitier, Berry Gordy, Alex Haley, Spike Lee, Billy Dee Willliams, Richard Pryor, Halle Berry, Ava DuVernay, and Jordan Peele, among many others. An important, timely book, Colorization gives us both an unprecedented history of Black cinema and a groundbreaking perspective on racism in modern America.
Framing Blackness
Title | Framing Blackness PDF eBook |
Author | Ed Guerrero |
Publisher | Temple University Press |
Pages | 270 |
Release | 2012-06-20 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1439904138 |
A challenge to Hollywood's one-dimensional images of African Americans.
The 50 Most Influential Black Films
Title | The 50 Most Influential Black Films PDF eBook |
Author | Torriano Berry |
Publisher | Citadel Press |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9780806521336 |
A plentifully illustrated guide to the most popular and socially significant movies made for, by, and about African Americans from 1900 to today. Also includes incisive interviews with Hollywood greats such as Ossie Davis and Ivan Dixon.
Hollywood Be Thy Name
Title | Hollywood Be Thy Name PDF eBook |
Author | Judith Weisenfeld |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 2007-06-08 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0520251008 |
"This is a ground-breaking book. The text is remarkable in its use of MPAA files and studio archives; Weisenfeld uncovers all sorts of side stories that enrich the larger narrative. The writing is clear and concise, and Weisenfeld makes important theoretical interpretations without indulging in difficult jargon. She incorporates both film theory and race theory in graceful, non-obtrusive ways that deepen understanding. This is an outstanding work."—Colleen McDannell, author of Picturing Faith: Photography and the Great Depression
African American Cinema Through Black Lives Consciousness
Title | African American Cinema Through Black Lives Consciousness PDF eBook |
Author | Mark A. Reid |
Publisher | Wayne State University Press |
Pages | 365 |
Release | 2019-01-12 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0814345506 |
The interdisciplinary quality of the anthology makes it approachable to students and scholars of fields ranging from film to culture to African American studies alike.
Blackface
Title | Blackface PDF eBook |
Author | Nelson George |
Publisher | |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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This important book of essays chronicles the rise of African-American cinema. Subjects include: Spike Lee, Eddie Murphy, Laurence Fishburne, blaxploitation and its influence on modern film, and the social impact of film in the African-American community.