With a Crooked Stick-The Films of Oscar Micheaux - The Films of Oscar Micheaux

Informationen zum Autor J. Ronald Green Klappentext Readers will find this an invaluable guide to the preoccupations and features of Micheaux's remarkable career and the insight it provides into the African American experience of the 1920s and 30s. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive guide to the surviving films of a remarkable African American filmmaker Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Biographical Backstory Chapter Two: Within Our Gates (1920) Chapter Three: Symbol of the Unconquered (1920) Chapter Four: Body and Soul(1925) Chapter Five: The Sound Era-Signifying with Music Chapter Six: The Exile (1931) Chapter Seven: The Darktown Revue(1931) Chapter Eight: Veiled Aristocrats (1932) Chapter Nine: Ten Minutes to Live (1932) Chapter Ten: The Girl from Chicago(1932) Chapter Eleven: Murder in Harlem (1935) Chapter Twelve: Underworld(1937) Chapter Thirteen: God's Step Children (1938) Chapter Fourteen: Birthright (1938-39) Chapter Fifteen: Swing! (1938) Chapter Sixteen: Lying Lips (1939) Chapter Seventeen: The Notorious Elinor Lee (1940) Chapter Eighteen: Conclusion Appendix One: Short Filmography Appendix Two: Jubilee-African-American Spirituals Appendix Three: Sources for Obtaining Micheaux's Films Appendix Four: Review of Selected Websites Bibliography of Citations Index

Product details

• Authors: J Ronald Green, J. Ronald Green, Ronald Green, Green J Ronald
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.03.2004
• EAN: 9780253217158
• ISBN: 978-0-253-21715-8
• No. of pages: 328
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet