Lena Horne - Goddess Reclaimed

"From Turner Classic Movies and Donald Bogle, the award-winning author and leading authority on Black cinema history, this is a comprehensive and lavish biography of Hollywood's first African American movie goddess"--

About the author

Donald Bogle is one of the foremost authorities on Black representation in films and entertainment history. His books include Running Press's Hollywood Black; the groundbreaking Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks; the award-winning Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams; the bestselling Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography; and Brown Sugar, which Bogle adapted into a PBS documentary series. He was a special commentator and consultant for Turner Classic Movies’ award-winning series Race and Hollywood. Bogle teaches at the University of Pennsylvania and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He lives in Manhattan.

Summary

From Turner Classic Movies and Donald Bogle, the award-winning author and leading authority on Black cinema history, this is a comprehensive and lavish biography of Hollywood's first African American movie goddess.

Product details

• Authors: Donald Bogle
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2023
• EAN: 9780762475209
• ISBN: 978-0-7624-7520-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 214 mm x 256 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 1380 g
• Illustrations: 250 full-color and black-and-white photos throughout
• Series: Turner Classic Movies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Biographies, autobiographies; Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Relating to African American people, Film Theory & Criticism, HISTORY / African American & Black, Film history, theory or criticism