Reel Racism
Subtitle: Confronting Hollywood's Construction of Afro-American Culture (Thinking Through Cinema)
Edition: Reissue edition
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: December 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780813367101
Subjects: Anthropology; Cinema industry; Racism & racial discrimination; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Performing Arts; Cinema/Film: Book; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Culture in motion pictures; Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism; Social Science-Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; African Americans in motion pi; African Americans in motion pictures
First sentence: On March 4, 1991, Americans tuning into the nightly news were shocked by what appeared on their televisions: a dark and grainy home videotape recording of Los Angeles police officers beating an unarmed black motorist named Rodney King.