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Entertainment weekly a celebration of black film : a century of Black excellence at the movies / by Entertainment Weekly.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Entertainment Weekly, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American motion picture producers and directors.
- African American motion picture actors and actresses.
- African Americans in motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (198 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York State : Entertainment Weekly, [2021]
- Summary:
- Entertainment Weekly celebrates the rich legacy of Black film and filmmakers in more than 100 years of movies. From Oscar Micheaux, a self-made auteur who in 1919 directed the first feature-length movie with an all-Black cast, to Ava Duvernay, Jordan Peele, Regina King and more new artists who are defining the future of Black movie-making. From first African-American Oscar winner Hattie McDaniel to legends like Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier to the stars of today: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Michael B. Jordan, Mahershala Ali, Tiffany Haddish and many more. Includes interviews with Spike Lee, Radha Black, Peter Ramsey (director Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse) and others. A must for all movie lovers.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-5478-5665-3
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