Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema

by Venise T. Berry and S. Torriano Berry

Book Overview

As early as 1909, African Americans were utilizing the new medium of cinema to catalogue the world around them, using the film camera as a device to capture their lives and their history. The daunting subject of race and ethnicity permeated life in America at the turn of the twentieth century and due to the effect of certain early films, specific television images, and an often-biased news media, it still plagues us today. As new technologies bring...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442247010
• ISBN13: 9781442247017
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 566 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"