Black Women Directors / Christina N. Baker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baker, Christina N., author.

Series:

Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women motion picture producers and directors--Biography.

African American women motion picture producers and directors.

Motion picture industry--United States--History.

Motion picture industry.

Motion pictures--United States--History.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (175 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Black women have long recognized the power of film for storytelling. For far too long, however, the cultural and historical narratives about film have not accounted for the contributions of Black women directors. This book remedies this omission by highlighting the trajectory of the culturally significant work of Black women directors in the U.S., from the under-examined pioneers of the silent era, to the documentarians who sought to highlight the voices and struggles of Black women, and the contemporary Black women directors in Hollywood. Applying a Black feminist perspective, this book examines the ways that Black women filmmakers have made a way for themselves and their work by resisting the dominant cultural expectations for Black women and for the medium of film, as a whole"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Recognizing the Pioneers

Women of the L.A. Rebellion

Moving into the Mainstream

More than Mainstream.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Baker, Christina N. Black Women Directors

ISBN:

9781978813359

197881335X

9781978813373

1978813376

OCLC:

1289367631