Envisioning Freedom: Cinema and the Building of Modern Black Life

Envisioning Freedom: Cinema and the Building of Modern Black Life
ISBN-10
0674966864
ISBN-13
9780674966864
Category
Social Science
Pages
304
Language
English
Published
2014-10-13
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Author
Cara Caddoo

Description

In Cara Caddoo’s perspective-changing study, African Americans emerge as pioneers of cinema from the 1890s to 1920s. But as it gained popularity, black cinema also became controversial. Black leaders demanded self-representation and an end to cinematic mischaracterizations which, they charged, violated the civil rights of African Americans.

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