Making Movies Black
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Making Movies Black
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Author : Thomas Cripps
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1993-01-01
Making Movies Black written by Thomas Cripps and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-01-01 with Performing Arts categories.
Cripps's Slow to Fade To Black: The Negro In American Film, 1900-1942, is considered the basic work on blacks' involvement in film, both in Hollywood and outside it. Making Movies Black continues the story up into the 1950s. It discusses the greater attention to black life in films of the early war years, including the all-black Cabin in The Sky, indicates the difficult time black leaders had with Hollywood studios in bringing pressure for better depictions of blacks on screen, describes the discovery of race-related subjects in such postwar films as Pinky and Intruder in the Dust, and depicts the rise of black stars like Sidney Poitier in Hollywood. As in Slow Fade to Black, these events are put into a broader social context.
Why We Make Movies
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Author : George Alexander
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2007-12-18
Why We Make Movies written by George Alexander and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-18 with Performing Arts categories.
A sparkling collection of interviews with African American directors and producers. Bringing together more than thirty candid conversations with filmmakers and producers such as Spike Lee, Gordon Parks, Julie Dash, Charles Burnett, and Robert Townsend, Why We Make Movies delivers a cultural celebration with the tips of a film-school master class. With journalist George Alexander, these revolutionary men and women discuss not only how they got their big breaks, but more importantly, they explore the creative process and what making movies means to them. Why We Make Movies also addresses the business of Hollywood and its turning tide, in a nation where African Americans comprise a sizable portion of the film-going public and go to the movies more frequently than whites. In addition, Alexander’s cast of directors and producers considers the lead roles they now play in everything from documentaries and films for television to broad-based blockbusters (in fact, the highest-grossing film in Miramax history was Scary Movie, directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans). For film buffs and aspiring filmmakers alike, Why We Make Movies puts a long-overdue spotlight on one of the most exciting and cutting-edge segments of today’s silver screen. INTERVIEWS INCLUDE: MELVIN VAN PEEBLES • MICHAEL SCHULTZ • CHARLES BURNETT • SPIKE LEE • ROBERT TOWNSEND • FRED WILLIAMSON • ERNEST DICKERSON • KEENEN IVORY WAYANS • ANTOINE FUQUA • BILL DUKE • FORREST WHITAKER • JULIE DASH • KASI LEMMONS • GINA PRINC-BLYTHEWOOD • JOHN SINGLETON • GEORGE TILLMAN Jr. • REGINALD HUDLIN • WARRINGTON HUDLIN • MALCOLM LEE • EUZHAN PALCY • DOUG McHENRY • DEBRA MARTIN CHASE • St. CLAIR BOURNE • STANLEY NELSON • WILLIAM GREAVES • KATHE SANDLER • CAMILLE BILLOPS • HAILE GERIMA • GORDON PARKS
Making Movies Black
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Author : Thomas Cripps
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1993-05-20
Making Movies Black written by Thomas Cripps and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-05-20 with Social Science categories.
This is the second volume of Thomas Cripps's definitive history of African-Americans in Hollywood. It covers the period from World War II through the civil rights movement of the 1960s, examining this period through the prism of popular culture. Making Movies Black shows how movies anticipated and helped form America's changing ideas about race. Cripps contends that from the liberal rhetoric of the war years--marked as it was by the propaganda catchwords brotherhood and tolerance--came movies that defined a new African-American presence both in film and in American society at large. He argues that the war years, more than any previous era, gave African-American activists access to centers of cultural influence and power in both Washington and Hollywood. Among the results were an expanded black imagery on the screen during the war--in combat movies such as Bataan, Crash Dive, and Sahara; musicals such as Stormy Weather and Cabin in the Sky; and government propaganda films such as The Negro Soldier and Wings for this Man (narrated by Ronald Reagan!). After the war, the ideologies of both black activism and integrationism persisted, resulting in the 'message movie' era of Pinky, Home of the Brave, and No Way Out, a form of racial politics that anticipated the goals of the Civil Rights Movement. Delving into previously inaccessible records of major Hollywood studios, among them Warner Bros., RKO, and 20th Century-Fox, as well as records of the Office of War Information in the National Archives, and records of the NAACP, and interviews with survivors of the era, Cripps reveals the struggle of both lesser known black filmmakers like Carlton Moss and major figures such as Sidney Poitier. More than a narrative history, Making Movies Black reaches beyond the screen itself with sixty photographs, many never before published, which illustrate the mood of the time. Revealing the social impact of the classical Hollywood film, Making Movies Black is the perfect book for those interested in the changing racial climate in post-World War II American life.
Black And White Bioscope
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Author : Neil Parsons
language : en
Publisher: Intellect (UK)
Release Date : 2018
Black And White Bioscope written by Neil Parsons and has been published by Intellect (UK) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Africa categories.
Black and White Bioscope recovers a neglected chapter in the histories of world cinema and Africa. It tells the story of movie production in Africa that long predated francophone African films and Nollywood that are the focus of most histories of this industry. At the same time as Hollywood was starting, a film industry in Southern Africa was surging ahead in integrating production, distribution, and exhibition. African Film Productions Limited made silent movies using technical and acting talent from Britain, the United States, and Australia, as well as from Africa. These included not only the original "long trek movie" and the prototype for the movies Zulu and Zulu Dawn but also the first King Solomon's Mines and the original Blue Lagoon, featuring African actors such as Goba, Tom Zulu, and Msoga Mwana, who starred as the black revolutionary in Prester John. In this lavishly illustrated book, fifty movies are reconstructed with graphic photographs and plot synopses--plus quotations from reviews--so that readers can rediscover this long-lost treasure trove of silent cinema.
L A Rebellion
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Author : Allyson Field
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2015-11-13
L A Rebellion written by Allyson Field and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-13 with Performing Arts categories.
"L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema is the first book dedicated to the films and filmmakers of the L.A. Rebellion, a group of African and African American independent film and video artists that formed at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the 1970s and 1980s. The group--including Charles Burnett, Julie Dash, Haile Gerima, Billy Woodberry, Jamaa Fanaka, and Zeinabu irene Davis--shared a desire to create alternatives to the dominant modes of narrative, style, and practice in American cinema, works that reflected the full complexity of Black experiences. This landmark collection of essays and oral histories examines the creative output of the L.A. Rebellion, contextualizing the group's film practices and offering sustained analyses of the wide range of works, with particular attention to newly discovered films and lesser-known filmmakers. Based on extensive archival work and preservation, this collection includes a complete filmography of the movement, over 100 illustrations (most of which are previously unpublished), and a bibliography of primary and secondary materials. This is an indispensible sourcebook for scholars and enthusiasts, establishing the key role played by the L.A. Rebellion within the histories of cinema, Black visual culture, and postwar art in Los Angeles"--Provided by publisher.
Blacks In Films
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Author : Jim Pines
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Blacks In Films written by Jim Pines and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with African American women in motion pictures categories.
Slow Fade To Black
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Author : Thomas Cripps
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1977-02-03
Slow Fade To Black written by Thomas Cripps and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977-02-03 with Social Science categories.
Set against the backdrop of the black struggle in society, Slow Fade to Black is the definitive history of African-American accomplishment in film--both before and behind the camera--from the earliest movies through World War II. As he records the changing attitudes toward African-Americans both in Hollywood and the nation at large, Cripps explores the growth of discrimination as filmmakers became more and more intrigued with myths of the Old South: the "lost cause" aspect of the Civil War, the stately mansions and gracious ladies of the antebellum South, the "happy" slaves singing in the fields. Cripps shows how these characterizations culminated in the blatantly racist attitudes of Griffith's The Birth of a Nation, and how this film inspired the N.A.A.C.P. to campaign vigorously--and successfully--for change. While the period of the 1920s to 1940s was one replete with Hollywood stereotypes (blacks most often appeared as domestics or "natives," or were portrayed in shiftless, cowardly "Stepin Fetchit" roles), there was also an attempt at independent black production--on the whole unsuccessful. But with the coming of World War II, increasing pressures for a wider use of blacks in films, and calls for more equitable treatment, African-Americans did begin to receive more sympathetic roles, such as that of Sam, the piano player in the 1942 classic Casablanca. A lively, thorough history of African-Americans in the movies, Slow Fade to Black is also a perceptive social commentary on evolving racial attitudes in this country during the first four decades of the twentieth century.
Movie Making Guide
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Author : Todd MacInnis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-08-04
Movie Making Guide written by Todd MacInnis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-04 with Filmmaking categories.
(Black and White Version- No Highlighted Text)A complete condensed guide to making a good movie. Whether it's a short film, commercial, or feature film, this guide helps illuminate the important aspects and strengths of each department and focus on what makes a movie good. The book is broken up into 8 sections: *Basic Film Theory*Production*Scriptwriting*Directing and Acting*Cinematography*Lighting *Editing*Sound Design/MusicThe contents of the book contains much information on the technique and theory each department, so the information in this book will not age or go out of date. No matter how big or small your production is, or what equipment you are using, the information in this book is applicable to any form of movie-making.No matter what stage you are at in movie-making, this book will be helpful. It contains the core fundamentals of each department, so although the information is basic, it's ideas and concepts are what will either make or break your movie no matter what stage you are at. This book is extremely condensed, so i recommend reading it slowly a few times and definitely keeping it on your shelf to come back to as a good reference. The layout of the book is very organized with certain parts in bold, italics, or highlighted in red to emphasize the importance of certain concepts, so important information can be found quickly and easily. This book can be skimmed over, and you will still learn a ton about film-making, but reading it a few times slowly will really help you understand the concepts and ideas presented. This book is EXTREMELY condensed.
Black Film As Genre
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Author : Thomas Cripps
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Black Film As Genre written by Thomas Cripps and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with African Americans in motion pictures categories.
Black Film White Money
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Author : Jesse Algeron Rhines
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 1996
Black Film White Money written by Jesse Algeron Rhines and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Performing Arts categories.
Why are there so few Black filmmakers who control their own work? Why are there scarcely any Black women behind the camera? What happens to Black filmmakers when they move from independent production to the mainstream? What does it mean for whites to control Black images and their distribution globally? And, was it always so? Could it be different? In this vivid portrait of their historic and present-day contributions, Jesse Rhines explores the roles African American men and women have played in the motion picture business from 1915 to the present. He illuminates his discussion by carefully linking the history of early Black filmmaking to the current success of African American filmmakers and examines how African Americans have been affected by changes that have taken place in the industry as a whole. He focuses on the crucial role of distribution companies, the difficulty of raising money for production, the compromises that directors and writers must make to get funding, and the effect of negative, sensationalistic images on the Black community. Many well-known directors, including Spike Lee, Reginald Hudlin, and Grace Blake are interviewed in the book, allowing Rhines to give readers an inside look at how deal making does--or does not--work. Rhines surveys significant eras in film history and their impact on African Americans, from the silent era and the impact of The Birth of a Nation, through the emergence of the Black-owned Lincoln Motion Picture Company, and the later introduction of sound, to the postwar era, the antitrust suit against Paramount Pictures, the introduction of television, and Blaxploitation movies that won audiences back. He brings the story up to date with present-day blockbusters and the success of Spike Lee, who began as an independent and became a force in the industry, and others who hope to follow in Lee's footsteps. Rhines, who has worked behind the camera himself, reflects on independent filmmaking, the risks of both failure and success, and his hope for positive change in the African African community if more African American filmmakers can come to the forefront in the business.