Black Lenses, Black Vioces - African American Film Now

Informationen zum Autor Mark A. Reid is professor of English and film at the University of Florida at Gainesville, where he teaches African Diasporic studies. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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 the development of African American independent filmmaking before and after World War II. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 1 Early African American Film, 1912-1940 and Beyond Chapter 3 2 Black Family Film: The 1990s Chapter 4 3 Black Action Film after Twenty Years Chapter 5 4 Two African American Horror Films Chapter 6 5 Black Female-Centered Film Chapter 7 6 Black Independent Film: Haile Gerima's Sankofa Chapter 8 Bibliography Chapter 9 Selected Filmography

Product details

• Authors: Mark Reid, Mark A Reid, Mark A. Reid
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.05.2005
• EAN: 9780742526426
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-2642-6
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 228 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Genre and Beyond: A Film Studies Series; Genre and Beyond; Genre and Beyond; Genre and Beyond: A Film Studies Series
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Films, cinema, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General