Producer, director, scriptwriters, and actors are listed. The third section gives biographical sketches of black actors and actresses with a list of screen credits. A selected bibliography precedes the text, and a name and title index comes at the back. Appendices include lists of additional specialized playwrights, a bibliography of additional information sources, a title index, and a general index. A bibliography and a subject index follow.
Appendices list a directory of organizations, a bibliography, and a classified index by profession.
An interrelated history of black independent film production and black participation in black-oriented films controlled by whites. Appendices include chapter notes, a selected bibliography, a name and subject index, and an index of film titles. Much of the book, however, takes a critical look at black drama in this century.