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A long, long way : Hollywood's unfinished journey from racism to reconciliation / Greg Garrett.
LIBRA PN1995.9.N4 G37 2020
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garrett, Greg, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans in motion pictures.
- Race in motion pictures.
- Race relations in motion pictures.
- African Americans in the motion picture industry--United States--History.
- African Americans in the motion picture industry.
- Motion pictures--United States--History.
- Motion pictures.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 243 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Hollywood films are perhaps the most powerful storytellers in American history, and their depiction of race and culture has helped to shape the way people around the world respond to race and prejudice. Over the past one hundred years, films have moved from the radically-prejudiced views of people of color to the depiction of people of color by writers and filmmakers from within those cultures. In the process, we begin to see how films have depicted negative versions of people outside the white mainstream, and how film might become a vehicle for racial reconciliation. Religious traditions offer powerful correctives to our cultural narratives, and this work incorporates both narrative truthtelling and religious truthtelling as we consider race and film and work toward reconciliation. By exploring the hundred-year period from The Birth of a Nation to Get Out, this work acknowledges the racist history of America, and offers the possibility of hope for the future"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: A Long, Long Way p. 1
- 2 The Birth of a Nation: Seeing the Other as Subhuman p. 25
- 3 Best Supporting Actors: Casablanca, Friendship, and the Beloved Community p. 50
- 4 "That's the Glory of Love": Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and the Power of Love p. 78
- 5 Do the Right Thing: "Together Are We Going to Live?" p. 115
- 6 Crashing into Each Other: Crash as Multicultural Post-9/11 Fable p. 146
- 7 Get Out: Black Bodies Matter p. 170
- 8 Conclusion: Remembrance, Contrition, and Hope p. 198.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Garrett, Greg, A long, long way
- ISBN:
- 9780190906252
- 0190906251
- OCLC:
- 1114280082
- Publisher Number:
- 99984752000
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