| Documenting the Black Experience: Essays on African American History, Culture and Identity in Nonfiction Films Contributor(s): Lawrence, Novotny (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0786472677 ISBN-13: 9780786472673 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Literary Criticism - Performing Arts | Film - Genres - Documentary |
| Dewey: 791.436 |
| LCCN: 2014035788 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.83 lbs) 280 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: History taught at the elementary, middle, high school and even college levels often excludes significant events from African American history, such as the murder of Emmett Till or the murder of four black girls by the Ku Klux Klan in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham. Such events are integral parts of history that continue to inform America's racial politics. Their exclusion is a problem that this work addresses by bringing more visibility to documentary films focusing on the events. Books treating the history of documentary films follow a similar pattern, omitting the efforts of filmmakers who have continued to focus on African American history. This book works to make documentary discourse more complete, bringing attention to films that cover the African American experience in four areas--civil rights, sports, electronic media, and the contemporary black struggle--demonstrating how the issues continue to inform America's racial politics. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lawrence, Novotny: - Novotny Lawrence is an associate professor of race, media, and popular culture at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He has written a book on blaxploitation films of the 1970s as well as articles and book chapters focusing on The Jeffersons, the comedy of Dave Chappelle, and black independent cinema. |