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Richard E. Norman and race filmmaking
- Title
- Richard E. Norman and race filmmaking / Barbara Tepa Lupack ; foreword by Michael T. Martin.
- Author
- Lupack, Barbara Tepa
- Publication
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2014]
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Details
- Description
- xxii, 373 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "In the early 1900s, so-called race filmmakers set out to produce black-oriented pictures to counteract the racist caricatures that had dominated cinema from its inception. Richard E. Norman, a southern-born white filmmaker, was one such pioneer. From humble beginnings as a roving "home talent" filmmaker, recreating photoplays that starred local citizens, Norman would go on to produce high-quality feature-length race pictures. Together with his better-known contemporaries Oscar Micheaux and Noble and George Johnson, Richard E. Norman helped to define early race filmmaking. Making use of unique archival resources, including Norman's personal and professional correspondence, detailed distribution records, and newly discovered original shooting scripts, this book offers a vibrant portrait of race in early cinema." -- Publisher website.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Foreword by Michael T. Martin -- Introduction: new visions of opportunity -- Race matters: the evolution of race filmmaking -- "Have you talent?": Norman's early career -- "Not a white man in the cast": Norman's early race films -- "Taking two hides from the ox": The bull-dogger and The crimson skull -- "A risky experiment": Zircon and regeneration -- "You know we have the goods": The flying ace and Black gold -- "It takes a darn good one to stick": Norman's later career -- Afterword -- Appendix 1: shooting script: The green eyed monster -- Appendix 2: shooting script (fragment) and scenario: The bull-dogger -- Appendix 3: shooting script: The crimson skull.
- Call Number
- Sc E 14-406
- ISBN
- 9780253010643 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0253010640 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780253010568 (hc. : alk. paper)
- 025301056X (hc. : alk. paper)
- 9780253010728 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2013040602
- 40022969189
- OCLC
- 816563411
- Author
- Lupack, Barbara Tepa, author.
- Title
- Richard E. Norman and race filmmaking / Barbara Tepa Lupack ; foreword by Michael T. Martin.
- Publisher
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2014]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40022969189
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 14-406