Oscar Micheaux: The Great and Only - The Life of America's First Black Filmmaker

Oscar Micheaux was the Jackie Robinson of film, the black D. W. Griffith--a bigger-than-life American folk hero whose important life story has been nearly forgotten today. The son of freed slaves, he roamed America as a Pullman porter before making his first mark as a homesteader in South Dakota--and going on from there to become the king of the "race cinema" industry, producing and/or directing nearly forty films during a time of Jim Crow segregation when African-American artists were not welcome in Hollywood. In this groundbreaking new biography, award-winning film historian Patrick McGilligan offers a vivid and fascinating portrait of a true pioneer of American culture who was equal parts visionary, hustler, huckster, innovator, and raffish Barnum-like showman--and the first great African-American filmmaker.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Patrick Mcgilligan
• Edition: Harper Perennial USA
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 17.06.2008
• EAN: 9780060731403
• ISBN: 978-0-06-073140-3
• Pages: 432
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 28 mm
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