Venise T Berry S Torriano / Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema

Description: Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema (Volume 12) (Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts, 12) Author: S. Torriano Berry, Venise T. Berry Title: Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema (Volume 12) (Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts, 12) Publication: Scarecrow Press, 2007 Description: Hardcover. New casewrapped hardcover. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes chronology, appendices [7], photographs, and bibliography. 448 pp.Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. New. On 4 July, 1910, in 100-degree heat at an outdoor boxing ring near Reno, Nevada, film cameras recorded--and thousands of fans witnessed--former heavyweight champion Jim Jeffries' reluctant return from retirement to fight Jack Johnson, a black man. After 14 grueling rounds, Johnson knocked out Jeffries and for the first time in history, there was a black heavyweight champion of the world. At least 10 people lost their lives because of Johnson's victory and hundreds more were injured due to white retaliation and wild celebrations in the streets. Public screenings received instantaneous protests and hundreds of cities barred the film from being shown. Congress even passed a law making it a federal offense to transport moving pictures of prizefights across state lines, and thus the most powerful portrayal of a black man ever recorded on film was made virtually invisible. This is but one of the hundreds of films covered in the Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema, which includes everything from The Birth of a Nation to Crash. In addition to the films, brief biographies of African American actors and actresses such as Sidney Poitier, James Earl Jones, Halle Berry, Eddie Murphy, Whoopi Goldberg, Denzel Washington, and Jamie Foxx can be found in this reference. Through a chronology, a list of acronyms and abbreviations, an introductory essay, a bibliography, appendixes, black-&-white photos, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on actors, actresses, movies, producers, organizations, awards, film credits, and terminology, this book provides a better understanding of the role African Americans played in film history. Seller ID: 294 Subject: African American Studies, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias, Film and Television , Media The Anthropologists Closet offers a wide variety of non-fiction academic books that are hard to find. We have been in business since 2014. Terms All orders ship within two business days. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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