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Redefining Black Film
Mark A. Reid
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Description for Redefining Black Film
paperback. Can films about black characters, produced by white filmmakers, be considered 'black films'? In answering this question, this title assesses black film history, distinguishing between films controlled by blacks and films that utilize black talent, but are controlled by whites. Num Pages: 170 pages, 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Can films about black characters, produced by white filmmakers, be considered 'black films'? In answering this question, Mark Reid reassesses black film history, carefully distinguishing between films controlled by blacks and films that utilize black talent, but are controlled by whites. Previous black film criticism has 'buried' the true black film industry, Reid says, by concentrating on films that are about, but not by, blacks. Reid's discussion of black independent films - defined as films that focus on the black community and that are written, directed, produced, and distributed by blacks - ranges from the earliest black involvement at the ... Read more
Can films about black characters, produced by white filmmakers, be considered 'black films'? In answering this question, Mark Reid reassesses black film history, carefully distinguishing between films controlled by blacks and films that utilize black talent, but are controlled by whites. Previous black film criticism has 'buried' the true black film industry, Reid says, by concentrating on films that are about, but not by, blacks. Reid's discussion of black independent films - defined as films that focus on the black community and that are written, directed, produced, and distributed by blacks - ranges from the earliest black involvement at the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
Number of Pages
170
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520079021
SKU
V9780520079021
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About Mark A. Reid
Mark A. Reid is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Florida, Gainesville. He has written extensively on black cinema.
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"Redefining Black Film reorganizes our understanding of black cinematic history and forces us to look at it with new eyes."
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