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Regeneration : Black cinema 1898-1971

Title

Regeneration : Black cinema 1898-1971 / edited by Doris Berger, Rhea L. Combs ; contributions by Donald Bogle, Cara Caddoo, Terri Simone Francis, Michael Boyce Gillespie, J. Raúl Guzmán, Shola Lynch, Ron Magliozzi, Ellen C. Scott, Jacqueline Stewart. ; foreword by Whoopi Goldberg ; [the exhibition cocurated by Doris Berger and Rhea L. Combs].

Publication

Los Angeles, California : Academy Museum of Motion Pictures ; New York, New York : DelMonico Books/D.A.P., 2022.
Los Angeles, California ; New York, New York : Artbook/D.A.P.
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Description

288 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits; 32 cm

Summary

From the dawn of the medium onward, Black filmmakers have helped define American cinema. Black performers, producers and directors; Bert Williams, Oscar Micheaux, Herb Jeffries, Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge, Ruby Dee and William Greaves, to name just a few, had a vast and resounding impact. Black film artists not only developed an enduring independent tradition but also transformed mainstream Hollywood, fueled and reflected sociopolitical movements, captured Black experience in all its robust complexity, and influenced generations to come. As harrowing as it is beautiful, this history of Black cinema and its legacy is often overlooked. 'Regeneration' accompanies a first-of-its-kind exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures exploring seven decades of Black participation in American cinema. Amplifying this underrepresented history in colorful and striking detail, the book features an in-depth curatorial essay and scholarly case-study texts on topics such as early Black independent filmmaking, Black spectatorship during the Jim Crow era and home movies as an essential form of Black self-representation. The volume also makes meaningful connections to the present through interviews with award-winning contemporary Black filmmakers Charles Burnett, Julie Dash, Ava DuVernay, Barry Jenkins and Dawn Porter. An extensive filmography and chronology offer an essential resource for anyone interested in Black cinema, while images of contemporary visual artworks further illustrate the volume throughout.

Alternative Title

Black cinema 1898-1971 : regeneration

Subject

Genre/Form

History.
Exhibition catalogs.

Note

Accompanies an exhibition of the same name presented at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles, USA, August 21, 2022-April 9, 2023, traveling to Detroit Institute of Arts, February 4-June 23, 2024.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-270) and index.

Contents

Director's foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword / Whoopi Goldberg -- Introduction / Doris Berger and Rhea L. Combs -- Essay. A spectrum of Black cinema / Doris Berger and Rhea L. Combs : What is Black cinema? ; Uplift and visual education ; Counterimages and counternarratives ; Establishing shots: new images ; Cultivating Black audiences ; Interlude: Black Europe ; Black Hollywood ; Black stars and icons ; Freedom movements ; Regenerating Black cinema -- Case studies. Bert Williams and Black performance culture / Ron Magliozzi -- Spectatorship and the Black press / Cara Caddoo -- Paul Robeson / Ellen C. Scott -- Josephine Baker: Black film's French star / Terri Simone Francis -- Hattie McDaniel: talent, drive, audacity, agency / Donald Bogle -- Reform school / Ellen C. Scott -- William D. Alexander: all-American / Shola Lynch -- African American home movies / Rhea L. Combs and Jacqueline Stewart -- William Greaves: bridging generations / Shola Lynch -- James Baldwin: what he saw / Michael Boyce Gillespie -- Glamour portraits. Selected Black stars of American cinema -- Filmography. Independent films, predominantly from Black moviemakers / J. Raúl Guzmán -- Chronology. Key moments in the history of Black cinema from 1895-1971 / J. Raúl Guzmán -- Interviews. Charles Burnett -- Julie Dash -- Ava DuVernay -- Barry Jenkins -- Dawn Porter.

Call Number

Sc+ G 23-31

ISBN

9781636810515
1636810519

LCCN

2022936938

OCLC

1316776674

Title

Publisher

Los Angeles, California : Academy Museum of Motion Pictures ; New York, New York : DelMonico Books/D.A.P., 2022.

Distributor

Los Angeles, California ; New York, New York : Artbook/D.A.P.

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-270) and index.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Place of Publication

United States California Los Angeles.

Added Author

Berger, Doris, 1972- contributor, editor, curator.

Combs, Rhea L., contributor, editor, curator.

Bogle, Donald, contributor.

Caddoo, Cara, 1978- contributor.

Francis, Terri Simone, contributor.

Gillespie, Michael Boyce, 1969- contributor.

Guzmán, J. Raúl, contributor.

Lynch, Shola, contributor.

Magliozzi, Ronald S., 1949- contributor.

Scott, Ellen C., 1978- contributor.

Stewart, Jacqueline Najuma, 1970- contributor.

Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955- writer of foreword.

Jacobson, Karen, editor.

Friedman, Jane, indexer.

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, issuing body, host institution.

Detroit Institute of Arts, host institution.

Distributed Art Publishers, publisher.

Container of (work): Regeneration : Black cinema 1898-1971 (August 21, 2022-April 9, 2023 : Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles, California)

Cover Title

Black cinema 1898-1971 : regeneration

Research Call Number

Sc+ G 23-31

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