LEADER 03968nam 2200649 450 001 9910807742803321 005 20230808213139.0 010 $a1-4773-0909-8 024 7 $a10.7560/309070 035 $a(CKB)3710000000563284 035 $a(EBL)4397291 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001594328 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16287581 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001594328 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13191278 035 $a(PQKB)11122791 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4397291 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4397291 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11160973 035 $a(OCoLC)934433784 035 $a(DE-B1597)587232 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781477309094 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000563284 100 $a20150701d2016 ub| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTrying to get over $eAfrican American directors after blaxploitation, 1977-1986 /$fKeith Corson 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aAustin :$cUniversity of Texas Press,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (288 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4773-0907-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter One. Blaxploitation Reconsidered -- $tChapter Two. Our Man in Hollywood -- $tChapter Three. Writing His Second Act -- $tChapter Four. Think Locally, Act Globally -- $tChapter Five. Outside of Society -- $tChapter Six. Dreams Deferred -- $tChapter Seven. Dirty Minds Reformed -- $tConclusion -- $tFilmography, 1969?1994 -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aFrom 1972 to 1976, Hollywood made an unprecedented number of films targeted at black audiences. But following this era known as ?blaxploitation,? the momentum suddenly reversed for black filmmakers, and a large void separates the end of blaxploitation from the black film explosion that followed the arrival of Spike Lee?s She's Gotta Have It in 1986. Illuminating an overlooked era in African American film history, Trying to Get Over is the first in-depth study of black directors working during the decade between 1977 and 1986. Keith Corson provides a fresh definition of blaxploitation, lays out a concrete reason for its end, and explains the major gap in African American representation during the years that followed. He focuses primarily on the work of eight directors?Michael Schultz, Sidney Poitier, Jamaa Fanaka, Fred Williamson, Gilbert Moses, Stan Lathan, Richard Pryor, and Prince?who were the only black directors making commercially distributed films in the decade following the blaxploitation cycle. Using the careers of each director and the twenty-four films they produced during this time to tell a larger story about Hollywood and the shifting dialogue about race, power, and access, Corson shows how these directors are a key part of the continuum of African American cinema and how they have shaped popular culture over the past quarter century. 606 $aAfrican Americans in motion pictures 606 $aAfrican Americans in the motion picture industry 606 $aAfrican American motion picture producers and directors 606 $aMotion pictures$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aBlaxploitation films$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aAfrican Americans in motion pictures. 615 0$aAfrican Americans in the motion picture industry. 615 0$aAfrican American motion picture producers and directors. 615 0$aMotion pictures$xHistory 615 0$aBlaxploitation films$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a791.43/652996073 700 $aCorson$b Keith$01720925 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807742803321 996 $aTrying to get over$94120016 997 $aUNINA