Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema (Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts)
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (870 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0810855453 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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She is the author of three best-selling novels. Berry is associate professor of journalism and mass communication at the University of Iowa. S. In 2003, the Zora Neale Hurston Society honored Venise for her Creative Contributions to Literature. Torriano Berry is associate professor at Howard University's Department of Radio, Television, and Film. He
Congress even passed a law making it a federal offense to transport moving pictures of prizefights across state lines, and thus the most powerful portrayal of a black man ever recorded on film was made virtually invisible.This is but one of the hundreds of films covered in the Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema, which includes everything from The Birth of a Nation to Crash. On 4 July, 1910, in 100-degree heat at an outdoor boxing ring near Reno, Nevada, film cameras recordedand thousands of fans witnessedformer heavyweight champion Jim Jeffries' reluctant return from retirement to fight Jack Johnson, a black man. After 14 grueling rounds, Johnson knocked out Jeffries and for the first time in history, there was a black heavyweight champion of the world. At least 1
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Entries for films include the film title, year of release, running time, and designation (comedy, drama). This volume is recommended for public and college libraries. The chronology and foreword show that the earliest depiction of blacks ranged from a Sambo series of all black comedies to the 1910 Jack Johnson–Jim Jeffries fight film, which was banned when the black fighter won. There are also a few selected black-and-white photographs. The dictionary proper is arranged alphabetically. Also here are entries for awards, producers, eve