A century of Black cinema
Type
Label
A century of Black cinema
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
A century of Black cinema
Medium
electronic resource
Runtime
101
Series statement
Passport DVD collection
Summary
African Americans have made huge leaps in the film industry, both in front of the camera and behind it, and are finally being recognized for their work. This film explores the journey African Americans had to take within cinema to get to where they are now. This film touches upon topics of racially insensitive films that perpetuated racial myths, unjust representation on screen, African American films vanishing into obscurity despite their merit, and more
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Contributor
Subject
- African Americans in motion pictures
- Washington, Denzel, 1954- -- Interviews
- Nicholas, Fayard -- Interviews
- African American motion picture actors and actresses
- Glover, Danny -- Interviews
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955- -- Interviews
- African American comedians
- Murphy, Eddie, 1961- -- Interviews
- Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961- -- Interviews
Content
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor11
- Genre1
- Subject10
- African Americans in motion pictures
- Washington, Denzel, 1954- -- Interviews
- Nicholas, Fayard -- Interviews
- African American motion picture actors and actresses
- Glover, Danny -- Interviews
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955- -- Interviews
- African American comedians
- Murphy, Eddie, 1961- -- Interviews
- Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961- -- Interviews
- Content1
- resource.fielddirector1
- resource.filmdirector1
- resource.filmproducer1
- Interviewee6
- Narrator1
- resource.screenwriter1