Black lenses, Black voices : African American film now / Mark A. Reid.

By:

Reid, Mark (Mark A.)

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780742568617
074256861X
0742526410
9780742526419
0742526429
9780742526426

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Black lenses, Black voices.DDC classification:

791.437508996073 22

LOC classification:

PN1995.9.N4 R43 2005eb

Other classification:

24.34

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Contents:

Early African American film, 1912-1940 -- Black family film: the 1990s -- Black action film after twenty years -- African American horror films -- Black female centered African American film -- Black independent film: Haile Gerima's Sankofa.

Summary: Black Lenses, Black Voices is a provocative look at films directed and written-and sometimes produced-by African Americans, as well as black-oriented films whose directors and or screenwriters are not black. Taking us through the development of African American independent filmmaking before and after World War II, Mark A. Reid then illustrates the unique nature of African American family, action, horror, female-centered, and independent films, such as Eve's Bayou, Jungle Fever, Shaft, Souls of Sin, Bones, Waiting to Exhale, Monster's Ball, Sankofa, and many more.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-125) and index.

Filmography: pages 127-132.

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Black Lenses, Black Voices is a provocative look at films directed and written-and sometimes produced-by African Americans, as well as black-oriented films whose directors and or screenwriters are not black. Taking us through the development of African American independent filmmaking before and after World War II, Mark A. Reid then illustrates the unique nature of African American family, action, horror, female-centered, and independent films, such as Eve's Bayou, Jungle Fever, Shaft, Souls of Sin, Bones, Waiting to Exhale, Monster's Ball, Sankofa, and many more.

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