Black Films and Film-Makers
Subtitle: A Comprehensive Anthology from Stereotype to Superhero
By: compiled with an introd. by Lindsay Patterson.
Contributors: Patterson, Lindsay, 1942-
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Dodd, Mead
Published: 1975
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 298
Copyright date: 1975
Subjects: African Americans in motion pictures.
Description: Collects twenty-nine essays and articles on the development and importance of black films, examining their images of black life and character, outstanding individual films, black actors and film-makers, and current trends.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 283-286.
Filmography: p. 269-281.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction
pagenum: ix; title: Section I
pagenum: 1; title: 1. Of Motion Pictures by Lawrence Reddick
pagenum: 3; title: 2. Folk Values in a New Medium by Alain Locke and Sterling A. Brown
pagenum: 25; title: 3. Uncle Tom Will Never Die! by Arthur Draper
pagenum: 30; title: 4. Beige, Brown, or Black by Albert Johnson
pagenum: 36; title: 5. Pro-Negro Films in Atlanta by Gerald Weales
pagenum: 44; title: 6. The Death of Rastus: Negroes in American Films Since 1945 by Thomas R. Cripps
pagenum: 53; title: 7. Which Way the Black Film by Richard Wesley
pagenum: 65; title: Section II--Movie Milestones
pagenum: 73; title: 1. The Birth of Birth of a Nation by Bosley Crowther
pagenum: 75; title: 2. Hearts in Dixie (The First Real Talking Picture) by Robert Benchley
pagenum: 84; title: 3. Carmen Jones: The Dark Is Light Enough by James Baldwin
pagenum: 88; title: 4. It's Gonna Blow Whitey's Mind by Lindsay Patterson
pagenum: 95; title: 5. In Harlem, a James Bond with Soul? by Lindsay Patterson
pagenum: 101; title: 6. Sounder--A Hollywood Fantasy? by Lindsay Patterson
pagenum: 106; title: 7. Book of Numbers by Maurice Peterson
pagenum: 109; title: Section III--The Black Actor: The Early Years--Part I
pagenum: 115; title: 1. The Negro Actor and the American Movies by Geraldyn Dismond
pagenum: 117; title: 2. The Negro Invades Hollywood by Floyd C. Covington
pagenum: 123; title: 3. The Negro and the Cinema by William Harrison
pagenum: 129; title: 4. Hollywood Report by William Thomas Smith
pagenum: 134; title: 5. Lena by Lena Horne and Richard Schickel
pagenum: 139; label: Section IV--The Black Actor: A New Status--Part II
title: 151; title: 1. The Negro in American Films: Some Recent Works by Albert Johnson
pagenum: 153; title: 2.
pagenum: 182; title: 3. The Day Black Movie Stars Got Militant by Michael Mattox
pagenum: 190; title: 4. Black Women in Films: A Mixed Bag of Tricks by Edward Mapp
pagenum: 196; title: Section V--Establishing Your Own
pagenum: 207; title: 1. History of Negro Motion Pictures by James Asendio
pagenum: 209; title: 2. In Movies Whitey Is Still King by Lindsay Patterson
pagenum: 213; title: 3. A Black Odyssey: Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song by Melvin Van Peebles
pagenum: 220; title: Section VI--The Seventies: Only the Heroes Have Changed!
pagenum: 233; title: 1. Black Movies by Charles Michener
pagenum: 235; title: 2. The Subject Is Money by James P. Murray
pagenum: 247; title: 3. Notes on Black Movies by Pauline Kael
pagenum: 258; title: Filmography
pagenum: 269; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 273; title: Index
pagenum: 287