Contemporary black women filmmakers and the art of resistance /

"An analysis of the films of Black women directors--including Ava DuVernay, Tanya Hamilton, Dee Rees, Kasi Lemmons, and Gina Prince-Bythewood--the book examines how contemporary Black women filmmakers engage in acts of resistance through their filmmaking, using a theoretical lens at the interse...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Baker, Christina N. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2018]
Series:Black performance and cultural criticism.
Subjects:
Women, Black, in motion pictures.
African American women motion picture producers and directors.
Women, Black.
Black people > Race identity.
Womanism.
Feminism.
Feminism
Productrices et réalisatrices de cinéma noires américaines.
Femmes noires.
Womanisme.
Féminisme.
feminism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS > General.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION Becoming Visible; CHAPTER 1 Unicorns: Black Women Filmmakers; CHAPTER 2 Work as Passion: Love & Basketball and Beyond the Lights; CHAPTER 3 Y'all Are My Children: Eve's Bayou and Night Catches Us; CHAPTER 4 Rebellious Love: Middle of Nowhere and Pariah; CHAPTER 5 Transformative Beauty; Appendices; Appendix A Narrative Feature Films by Black Women; Appendix B Tanya Hamilton Interview; Appendix C Kasi Lemmons Interview; Appendix D Gina Prince-Bythewood Interview; Bibliography; Index

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