LEADER 04038nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910810484103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-292-78224-1 010 $a0-292-79875-X 024 7 $a10.7560/701786 035 $a(CKB)111090425016164 035 $a(OCoLC)300733100 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10188341 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000112783 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11140366 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000112783 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10088437 035 $a(PQKB)10005155 035 $a(OCoLC)55731956 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse1937 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443033 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10188341 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7171743 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443033 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7171743 035 $a(OCoLC)1257358944 035 $a(DE-B1597)586474 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292798755 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111090425016164 100 $a20030319d2003 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBlack directors in Hollywood$b[electronic resource] /$fMelvin Donalson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (390 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-70178-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 345-353) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tPREFACE -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $tCHAPTER ONE. The Pathmakers -- $tCHAPTER TWO. The Visionary Actors -- $tCHAPTER THREE. Black Urban Action Films and Mainstream Images -- $tCHAPTER FOUR. Black Sensibilities and Mainstream Images -- $tCHAPTER FIVE. Michael Schultz: The Crossover King -- $tCHAPTER SIX. Spike Lee: The Independent Auteur -- $tCHAPTER SEVEN. Keeping It Real (Reel): Black Dramatic Visions -- $tCHAPTER EIGHT. And Still They Rise: Black Women Directors -- $tCHAPTER NINE. Not without Laughter: Directors of Comedy and Romance -- $tCHAPTER TEN. Off the Hook: Comedy and Romance with a Hip-Hop Flavor -- $tCHAPTER ELEVEN. Redefining Crossover Films -- $tDIRECTORS FILMOGRAPHY -- $tNOTES -- $tGLOSSARY -- $tBIBLIOGRAPHY -- $tINDEX 330 $aHollywood 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. 606 $aAfrican Americans in motion pictures 606 $aAfrican American motion picture producers and directors$vBiography 615 0$aAfrican Americans in motion pictures. 615 0$aAfrican American motion picture producers and directors 676 $a791.43/0233/092273 676 $aB 700 $aDonalson$b Melvin Burke$f1952-$01649952 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810484103321 996 $aBlack directors in Hollywood$93999049 997 $aUNINA