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| Alternate title: | Black cinema |
| Summary: | Using archival newsreels, feature film footage and interviews with Afro-American actors and directors, this film explores the inception, struggle, suppression, and survival of the Black cinema from the 1920s through the 1950s. This documentary, a stinging indictment of racism in the arts and in American culture, examines the lives and influence of Paul Robeson, Josephine Baker, Oscar Micheaux, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Marcus Garvey and many others on Afro-American cinema. |
| Contributor: | Karel, Russ |
| Isaacs, Jeremy, 1932- | |
| Dillard, William | |
| Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006 | |
| Jones, Robert Earl, 1910-2006 | |
| Rowe, Billy | |
| Campbell, Dick, 1903- | |
| Harris, Edna Mae, 1914- | |
| Nichols, Harold J., 1945- | |
| Patterson, Sarah | |
| Greaves, William | |
| Provider: | BBC Education & Training |
| BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc | |
| Films for the Humanities (Firm) | |
| Century: | 1901-2000 |
| Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
| Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
| Place of origin – Region: | New Jersey |
| Topical subjects: | African Americans in motion pictures History |
| African Americans in the motion picture industry History | |
| African American motion picture actors and actresses Interviews | |
| African American motion picture producers and directors Interviews | |
| Racism United States History 20th century | |
| African Americans History 20th century | |
| Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media | |
| Jazz 1921-1930 | |
| Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 | |
| Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975 | |
| Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 | |
| Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 | |
| Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940 | |
| Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946 | |
| Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951 | |
| Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) | |
| Credits: | Narrator: William Greaves. Commentary: William Dillard, Gordon Parks, Robert Earl Jones, Billy Rowe, Dick Campbell, Edna Mae Harris, William Greaves, Harold Nichols. Photography, Ray Brislin ; supervising editors, French Horwitz, Russ Karel ; music, Russ Karel. |
| Repository: | Nonprint Media Services |
| Browse terms: | Performing Arts, Music |
| Films@UM Browse terms: | TV, Film |
| Civil Rights, Discrimination | |
| Collection: | Films@UM |
| Access restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland. | |
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