Black lenses, Black voices : African American film now / / Mark A. Reid

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782378203321
• Autore: Reid Mark (Mark A.)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Maryland ; ; Oxford, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2005; ©2005
• ISBN: 0-7425-2642-9; 0-7425-6861-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (145 p.)
• Collana: Genre and Beyond
• Disciplina: 791.43/75/08996073
• Soggetti: African Americans in motion pictures; African Americans in the motion picture industry; Race in motion pictures
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Early African American Film, 1912-1940 and Beyond; 2 Black Family Film: The 1990s; 3 Black Action Film after Twenty Years; 4 Two African American Horror Films; 5 Black Female-Centered Film; 6 Black Independent Film: Haile Gerima's Sankofa; Bibliography; Selected Filmography; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.