Black cinema treasures : lost and found - Jones, G. William (George William), 1931- (Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 1991)
Foreword / by Ossie Davis -- Introduction: King Tut's Warehouse: Finding the Films -- The Non-White World of All-Black Cinema -- Some Pioneer Black Filmmakers: Oscar Micheaux: the Dean of Black Filmmakers -- Spencer Williams -- William Alexander -- George Randol -- The Tyler, Texas, Black Film Collection: The Blood of Jesus -- Dirty Gertie from Harlem, U.S.A. -- The Girl in Room 20 -- Juke Joint -- Marching On -- Midnight Shadow -- Miracle in Harlem -- Murder in Harlem (Lem Hawkins' Confession) -- Souls of Sin -- By-Line Newsreels (Four Episodes) -- Other Short Films in the Collection: Broken Earth -- Boogie Woogie Blues -- Daughters of the Isle of Jamaica -- Harlem Hot-Shots -- Junior Jeeps -- Vanities -- Comments from Some of Today's Black Filmmakers: How the Films Were Produced, Distributed, Exhibited -- and What Became of the System -- What Black Independent Films Meant to the Black Community -- Working With Spencer Williams -- A Final Comment: "We Could Have Been Friends."
Filmography: pages 191-232.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234) and index.
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