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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783373703321

Autore

Cripps Thomas

Titolo

Slow fade to black : the Negro in American film, 1900-1942 / / Thomas Cripps

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993

ISBN

1-280-43908-4

0-19-972787-2

1-60129-568-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (399 pages) : 99 halftones

Disciplina

791.43/028/0922

Soggetti

African Americans in motion pictures

African Americans in the motion picture industry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Cover title: The Negro in American film, 1900-1942.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Sommario/riassunto

Slow Fade to Black is a history of US African-American accomplishment in film from the earliest movies through World War II. It explores the growth of discrimination as filmmakers became more and more intrigued with myths of the Old South.