Reel freedom : Black film culture in early twentieth-century New York City / Alyssa Lopez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lopez, Alyssa, 1993- author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Series:

Urban life, landscape, and policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people in the motion picture industry--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Black people in the motion picture industry.

Motion picture audiences--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Motion picture audiences.

Motion picture theaters--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Motion picture theaters.

Black people--Civil rights--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Black people.

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Harlem (New York, N.Y.).

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 185 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2025.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Black Moviegoing in Manhattan

Chapter 2: Fear and Fun at the Movies: Black Girls' Moviegoing and the Multiple Lives of Movie Theaters

Chapter 3: Negotiated Resistance: Oscar Micheaux and the New York State Censorship Board

Chapter 4: Motion Picture Operators and the Struggle for Recognition

Chapter 5: Black Film Criticism at the New York Age

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 24, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Lopez, Alyssa, 1993- Reel freedom

ISBN:

9781439924143

1439924147

Publisher Number:

40032748822

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.