Richard E. Norman and race filmmaking / Barbara Tepa Lupack ; foreword by Michael T. Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lupack, Barbara Tepa.

Contributor:

Martin, Michael T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Race films.

African Americans in motion pictures.

Norman, Richard E., 1891-1960--Criticism and interpretation.

Norman, Richard E.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the early 1900's, so-called race filmmakers set out to produce black-oriented pictures to counteract the racist caricatures that had dominated cinema from its inception. Richard E. Norman, a southern-born white filmmaker, was one such pioneer. From humble beginnings as a roving ""home talent"" filmmaker, recreating photo plays that starred local citizens, Norman would go on to produce high-quality feature-length race pictures. Together with his better-known contemporaries Oscar Micheaux and Noble and George Johnson, Richard E. Norman helped to define early race film making. Making use of

Contents:

Foreword by Michael T. Martin

Introduction: new visions of opportunity

Race matters: the evolution of race filmmaking

"Have you talent?": Norman's early career

"Not a white man in the cast": Norman's early race films

"Taking two hides from the ox": The bull-dogger and The crimson skull

"A risky experiment": Zircon and regeneration

"You know we have the goods": The flying ace and Black gold

"It takes a darn good one to stick": Norman's later career

Afterword

Appendix 1: shooting script: The green eyed monster

Appendix 2: shooting script (fragment) and scenario: The bull-dogger

Appendix 3: shooting script: The crimson skull.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780253010568

025301056X

9780253010728

0253010721

OCLC:

861081914