African-American screenwriters now : conversations with Hollywood's Black pack / by Erich Leon Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Erich Leon.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture authorship.

African Americans in the motion picture industry--United States.

African Americans in the motion picture industry.

Screenwriters--United States--Interviews.

Screenwriters.

African American screenwriters.

Interviews.

United States.

African American screenwriters--United States--Interviews.

Genre:

Interviews.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 277 pages, 5 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : Silman-James Press, [1996]

Summary:

African-American Screenwriters Now paints a vivid picture of the opportunities and obstacles that face today's black filmmakers. These writers discuss their influences, their goals, the writing process, alongside their comments on racial barriers and the portrayal of blacks in film. Interviewed are Robert Townsend, Charles Burnett, Lawrence Andries, Rusty Cundieff, Eric Daniel, Michael Dinwiddie, Carl Franklin, Julie Dash, Dwayne Johnson-Cochran, Yvette LeeBowser, Tim Reid, Carol Munday Lawrence, and Jeanne Williams.

"Fascinating words of wisdom and practical day-to-day advice from a broad range of talented and ground-breaking writers. Indispensable for emerging and professional screenwriters of any race". -- Trey Ellis, screenwriter, Tuskegee Airmen,

Contents:

Dwayne Johnson-Cochran

Charles Burnett

Rusty Cundieff

Carol Munday Lawrence

Eric Daniel

Julie Dash

Robert Townsend

Michael Dunwiddie

Laurence Andries

Tim Reid

Yvette Lee-Bowser

Carl Franklin

Jeanne Williams.

Notes:

"First Edition."

ISBN:

1879505282 :

OCLC:

34283986