Hollywood black, the stars, the films, the filmmakers, Donald Bogle ; foreword by John Singleton
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Hollywood black, the stars, the films, the filmmakers, Donald Bogle ; foreword by John Singleton
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-251) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Hollywood black
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1091651032
Responsibility statement
Donald Bogle ; foreword by John Singleton
Sub title
the stars, the films, the filmmakers
Summary
"The story opens in the silent film era, when white actors in blackface often played black characters, but also saw the rise of independent African American filmmakers, including the remarkable Oscar Micheaux. It follows the changes in the film industry with the arrival of sound motion pictures and the Great Depression, when black performers such as Stepin Fetchit and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson began finding a place in Hollywood. More often than not, they were saddled with rigidly stereotyped roles, but some gifted performers, most notably Hattie McDaniel in Gone With the Wind (1939), were able to turn in significant performances. In the coming decades, more black talents would light up the screen. Dorothy Dandridge became the first African American to earn a Best Actress Oscar nomination for Carmen Jones (1954), and Sidney Poitier broke ground in films like The Defiant Ones and 1963's Lilies of the Field. Hollywood Black reveals the changes in images that came about with the evolving social and political atmosphere of the US, from the Civil Rights era to the Black Power movement. The story takes readers through Blaxploitation, with movies like Shaft and Super Fly, to the emergence of such stars as Cicely Tyson, Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, and Whoopi Goldberg, and of directors Spike Lee and John Singleton. The history comes into the new millennium with filmmakers Barry Jenkins (Moonlight), Ava Du Vernay (Selma), and Ryan Coogler (Black Panther); megastars such as Denzel Washington, Will Smith, and Morgan Freeman; as well as Halle Berry, Angela Bassett, Viola Davis, and a glorious gallery of others."--Amazon.com
Table Of Contents
The early years -- The 1930s -- The 1940s -- The 1950s -- The 1960s -- The 1970s -- The 1980s -- The 1990s -- The new millennium
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- Noirs américains dans l'industrie cinématographique
- Black people in motion pictures
- African Americans in motion pictures
- African Americans in the motion picture industry
- Black people in the motion picture industry
- filmmakers
- Personnes noires au cinéma
- cinema
- Actors, Black
- actors
- African American actors
- Performing Arts
- United States
- Blacks in motion pictures
- Blaxploitation films
- Informational works
- Acteurs noirs
- Blacks in the motion picture industry
- Acteurs noirs américains
- Films de la blaxploitation
- Personnes noires dans l'industrie cinématographique
- Africa
- Noirs américains au cinéma
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- African Americans
- Blaxploitation films
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- Noirs américains dans l'industrie cinématographique
- Black people in motion pictures
- African Americans in motion pictures
- African Americans in the motion picture industry
- Black people in the motion picture industry
- filmmakers
- Personnes noires au cinéma
- cinema
- Actors, Black
- actors
- African American actors
- Performing Arts
- United States
- Blacks in motion pictures
- Blaxploitation films
- Informational works
- Acteurs noirs
- Blacks in the motion picture industry
- Acteurs noirs américains
- Films de la blaxploitation
- Personnes noires dans l'industrie cinématographique
- Africa
- Noirs américains au cinéma
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- African Americans
- Blaxploitation films
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