Screening Race in American Nontheatrical Film

by Marsha Gordon

Book Overview

Although overlooked by most narratives of American cinema history, films made for purposes outside of theatrical entertainment dominated twentieth-century motion picture production. This volume adds to the growing study of nontheatrical films by focusing on the ways filmmakers developed and audiences encountered ideas about race, identity, politics, and community outside the borders of theatrical cinema. The contributors to Screening Race in American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478004762
• ISBN13: 9781478004769
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"