Historical dictionary of African American cinema S. Torriano Berry and Venise T. Berry

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berry, Torriano, author.

Berry, Venise T., author.

Series:

Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans in motion pictures.

African Americans in the motion picture industry--Biography--Encyclopedias.

African Americans in the motion picture industry.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

xxx, 520 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

Summary:

"As early as 1909, African Americans were utilizing the new medium of cinema to catalog the world around them, using the film camera as a device to capture their lives and their history. The daunting subject of race and ethnicity permeated life in America at the turn of the twentieth century and due to the effect of certain early films, specific television images, and an often-biased news media, it still plagues us today. As new technologies bring the power of the moving image to the masses, African Americans will shoot and edit on laptop computers and share their stories with a global audience via the World Wide Web. These independently produced visions will add to the diverse cache of African American images being displayed on an ever-expanding silver screen. This wide range of stories, topics, views, and genres will finally give the world a glimpse of African American life that has long been ignored and has yet to be seen. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1400 cross-referenced entries on actors, actresses, movies, producers, organizations, awards, and terminology, this book provides a better understanding of the role African Americans played in film history."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Preface

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Chronology

Introduction

The dictionary

Appendix A: NAACP Image Award Winners

Appendix B: African American Academy Award Winners

Appendix C: African American Golden Globe Award Winners

Appendix D: Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Inductees

Appendix E: Top Grossing African American Films.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-518).

Local Notes:

Pennsylvania Abolition Society Complimentary Collection

ISBN:

9781442247017

1442247010

OCLC:

898161648