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UNINA9910453717303321 |
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Autore |
Lupack Barbara Tepa |
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Titolo |
Richard E. Norman and race filmmaking / / Barbara Tepa Lupack ; foreword by Michael T. Martin |
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Bloomington : , : Indiana University Press, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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0-253-01056-X |
0-253-01072-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (400 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Race films |
African Americans in motion pictures |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword by Michael T. Martin -- Introduction: new visions of opportunity -- Race matters: the evolution of race filmmaking -- "Have you talent?": Norman's early career -- "Not a white man in the cast": Norman's early race films -- "Taking two hides from the ox": The bull-dogger and The crimson skull -- "A risky experiment": Zircon and regeneration -- "You know we have the goods": The flying ace and Black gold -- "It takes a darn good one to stick": Norman's later career -- Afterword -- Appendix 1: shooting script: The green eyed monster -- Appendix 2: shooting script (fragment) and scenario: The bull-dogger -- Appendix 3: shooting script: The crimson skull. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the early 1900's, so-called race filmmakers set out to produce black-oriented pictures to counteract the racist caricatures that had dominated cinema from its inception. Richard E. Norman, a southern-born white filmmaker, was one such pioneer. From humble beginnings as a roving ""home talent"" filmmaker, recreating photo plays that starred local citizens, Norman would go on to produce high-quality feature-length race pictures. Together with his better-known contemporaries Oscar Micheaux and Noble and George Johnson, Richard E. Norman helped to define early race film making. Making use |
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