Shaping the future of African American film : color-coded economics and the story behind the numbers /
Through analysis of the production, funding, and content of thousands of films featuring African Americans in leading and supporting roles, Monica White Ndounou reveals the process of history and film development where race-based economics and the politics of distribution hamstring the making, the e...
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| Formaat: | Licensed eBooks |
| Taal: | Engels |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press
2013.
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| Online toegang: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt6wqb01 |
Inhoudsopgave:
- Introduction: the color of Hollywood: black, white or green?
- Finding freedom on stage and screen. The plantation lives!
- Insurrection!: African American film's revolutionary potential through black theatre
- Black pathology sells: books and films
- Playing with fire: black women's literature/white box office
- A breaking the chains of history and genre
- It' not just business: color-coded economics and original films
- The paradox of branding, black star power, and box office politics
- Big business: hip hop gangsta films and black comedies
- Conclusion: the story behind the numbers.