04015nam 2200661 a 450 991081048410332120200520144314.00-292-78224-10-292-79875-X10.7560/701786(CKB)111090425016164(OCoLC)300733100(CaPaEBR)ebrary10188341(SSID)ssj0000112783(PQKBManifestationID)11140366(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000112783(PQKBWorkID)10088437(PQKB)10005155(OCoLC)55731956(MdBmJHUP)muse1937(Au-PeEL)EBL3443033(CaPaEBR)ebr10188341(Au-PeEL)EBL7171743(MiAaPQ)EBC3443033(MiAaPQ)EBC7171743(OCoLC)1257358944(DE-B1597)586474(DE-B1597)9780292798755(EXLCZ)9911109042501616420030319d2003 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBlack directors in Hollywood /Melvin Donalson1st ed.Austin University of Texas Press20031 online resource (390 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-292-70178-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-353) and index.Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE. The Pathmakers -- CHAPTER TWO. The Visionary Actors -- CHAPTER THREE. Black Urban Action Films and Mainstream Images -- CHAPTER FOUR. Black Sensibilities and Mainstream Images -- CHAPTER FIVE. Michael Schultz: The Crossover King -- CHAPTER SIX. Spike Lee: The Independent Auteur -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Keeping It Real (Reel): Black Dramatic Visions -- CHAPTER EIGHT. And Still They Rise: Black Women Directors -- CHAPTER NINE. Not without Laughter: Directors of Comedy and Romance -- CHAPTER TEN. Off the Hook: Comedy and Romance with a Hip-Hop Flavor -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Redefining Crossover Films -- DIRECTORS FILMOGRAPHY -- NOTES -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEXHollywood film directors are some of the world's most powerful storytellers, shaping the fantasies and aspirations of people around the globe. Since the 1960s, African Americans have increasingly joined their ranks, bringing fresh insights to movie characterizations, plots, and themes and depicting areas of African American culture that were previously absent from mainstream films. Today, black directors are making films in all popular genres, while inventing new ones to speak directly from and to the black experience. This book offers a first comprehensive look at the work of black directors in Hollywood, from pioneers such as Gordon Parks, Melvin Van Peebles, and Ossie Davis to current talents including Spike Lee, John Singleton, Kasi Lemmons, and Carl Franklin. Discussing 67 individuals and over 135 films, Melvin Donalson thoroughly explores how black directors' storytelling skills and film techniques have widened both the thematic focus and visual style of American cinema. Assessing the meanings and messages in their films, he convincingly demonstrates that black directors are balancing Hollywood's demand for box office success with artistic achievement and responsibility to ethnic, cultural, and gender issues.African Americans in motion picturesAfrican American motion picture producers and directorsBiographyAfrican Americans in motion pictures.African American motion picture producers and directors791.43/0233/092273BDonalson Melvin Burke1952-1649952MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810484103321Black directors in Hollywood3999049UNINA