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Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema
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2007
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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.
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Copyright year
2007
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-5545-8
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-6464-1
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
415
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Contents No access
Editor’s Foreword No access
Acronyms and Abbreviations No access
Chronology No access
Introduction No access
The Dictionary No access Pages 1 - 380
Appendix A: NAACP Image Award Winners No access Pages 381 - 384
Appendix B: African American Academy Award Winners No access Pages 385 - 386
Appendix C: African American Golden Globe Award Winners No access Pages 387 - 388
Appendix D: Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Inductees No access Pages 389 - 390
Appendix E: Top-Grossing African American Films No access Pages 391 - 392
Appendix F: Top-Grossing Films Directed by African American Women No access Pages 393 - 394
Appendix G: Top-Grossing Films Directed by African American Men No access Pages 395 - 396
Bibliography No access Pages 397 - 400
Internet Sources No access Pages 401 - 402
About the Authors No access Pages 403 - 415
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