african americans in the motion picture industry

"Dissects . . . racial inequality . . . in . . . [the film] industry [and looks] at alternative ways for African Americans to find success in Hollywood"--Amazon.

Provides an overview of the history of African-American women in theater arts and entertainment; features alphabetically-arranged profiles of individuals and organizations that have contributed to the fields; and includes photographs, as well as a chronology of events.

Presents a discussion of African-Americans in film, covering stereotypes, "race movies," the evolution of available roles, movies such as "Carmen" and "A Raisin in the Sun," and the work of Sidney Poitier, James Earl Jones, Spike Lee, and others who helped move beyond exploitative themes and characters.

Encyclopedia of blacks in the motion picture and television industry over the past 90 years with over 200 rare photographs.

Traces the history of African-American filmmaking, from the "race movies" of the early twentieth century to the work of such directors as Spike Lee, John Singleton, and Gina Prince-Bythewood in the 1990s and beyond.

Presents a discussion of African-Americans in film, covering stereotypes, "race movies," the evolution of available roles, movies such as "Carmen" and "A Raisin in the Sun," and the work of Sidney Poitier, James Earl Jones, Spike Lee, and others who helped move beyond exploitative themes and characters.

Surveys African-American filmmakers from the turn of the century to the present, with an emphasis on Spike Lee's contributions.