Oscar Micheaux and His Circle
Subtitle: African-American Filmmaking and Race Cinema of the Silent Era
Contributors: Pearl Bowser (Editor); Jane Gaines (Editor); Charles Musser (Editor)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: September 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780253339942
Subjects: Black studies; History of specific subjects; Individual film directors, film-makers; 20th century; Blacks In Performing Arts; Individual Directors And Producers; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Cinema/Film: Book; USA; Film & Video - Direction & Production; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Micheaux, Oscar; General; 1884-1951; African Americans in motion pi; African Americans in motion pictures; Congresses; Criticism and interpretation; Micheaux, Oscar,; Race films
First sentence: With conferences such as Oscar Micheaux and His Circle at Yale University and the celebration of 100 Years of Black Cinema at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, we approach a new stage in the understanding of American cinema and its relation to Black Americans.