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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.
- Publication
- Los Angeles, California : Academy Museum of Motion Pictures ; New York, New York : DelMonico Books/D.A.P., 2022.
- Angeles, California ; New York, New York : Artbook/D.A.P.
- ©2022
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- Additional Authors
- Berger, Doris, 1972-
- Combs, Rhea L.
- Bogle, Donald
- Caddoo, Cara, 1978-
- Francis, Terri Simone
- Gillespie, Michael Boyce, 1969-
- Guzmán, J. Raúl
- Lynch, Shola
- Magliozzi, Ronald S., 1949-
- Scott, Ellen C., 1978-
- Stewart, Jacqueline Najuma, 1970-
- Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955-
- Jacobson, Karen
- Friedman, Jane
- Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (Los Angeles, California), issuing body, host institution.
- DelMonico Books, publisher.
- Regeneration : Black cinema 1898-1971 (August 21, 2022-April 9, 2023) : Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles, California)
- Description
- 288 pages : illustrations (some color); 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
- 1900-1999
- African Americans in motion pictures > Exhibitions
- African Americans in the motion picture industry > Exhibitions
- Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century > Exhibitions
- African Americans in motion pictures
- African Americans in the motion picture industry
- Motion pictures
- United States
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Accompanies the exhibition: Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles, USA (21.08.2022 - 09.04.2023).
- 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
- PN1995.9.B585
- ISBN
- 1636810519
- 9781636810515
- LCCN
- 2022936938
- OCLC
- 1316776674
- on1316776674
- SCSB-14406778
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries