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Reel Black talk : a sourcebook of 50 American filmmakers

Author: Spencer Moon
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1997.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This is the first book by an African American on contemporary African American filmmakers. Here directors and producers speak for themselves, posing challenges to current thinking in the field. Special emphasis is given to the filmmakers' productions and their experiences. Essays on historic figures reveal the rich history of the African American contribution to cinema.
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Genre/Form: Encyclopedias
Interviews
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Moon, Spencer.
Reel Black talk.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1997
(OCoLC)605058758
Online version:
Moon, Spencer.
Reel Black talk.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1997
(OCoLC)608390658
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Spencer Moon
ISBN: 0313298300 9780313298301
OCLC Number: 35796498
Description: xvi, 396 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Contents: William Alexander --
Madeline Anderson --
Neema Barnette --
St. Claire Bourne --
Charles Burnett --
Roy Campanella II --
Ayoka Chenzira --
Francee Covington --
Julie Dash --
Ivan Dixon --
Bill Duke --
Jamaa Fanaka --
Carl Franklin --
Wendell Franklin --
Willaim Greaves --
Henry Hampton --
Hobart Whitaker Harris --
Wendell Burks Harris Jr. --
Reginald and Warrington Hudlin --
Albert and Allen Hughes --
George Jackson and Doug McHenry --
Ashley James --
Avon Kirkland --
Stan Lathan. Spike Lee --
Louis Massiah --
Oscar Devereaux Micheaux --
Floyd Norman and Leo Sullivan --
Michelle Parkerson --
Gordon Alexander Parks Sr. --
Matty Rich --
Marlon Riggs --
Hugh Robertson --
Michael Schultz --
Jackie Shearer --
John Singleton --
Arlando C. Smith --
Robert Townsend --
Mario Van Peebles --
Melvin Van Peebles --
Mark Warren III --
The Wayans Family: Keenan Ivory, Damon, Shawn, and Marlon --
Spencer Williams Jr. --
Allen Willis.
Responsibility: Spencer Moon ; foreword by George Hill.

Abstract:

This is the first book by an African American on contemporary African American filmmakers. Here directors and producers speak for themselves, posing challenges to current thinking in the field. Special emphasis is given to the filmmakers' productions and their experiences. Essays on historic figures reveal the rich history of the African American contribution to cinema.

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