Pioneers of African-American cinema

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Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, p...

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Main Authors: DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid (Composer, Contributor), Sosin, Donald (Composer), Roach, Max, 1924-2007 (Composer), Matsumura, Makia (Composer), Gal, Rob (Composer), Waymon, Sam (Composer), Heywood, Donald, 1896-1967 (Composer, Performer), Porter, Lew, 1892-1956 (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Four Tones (Musical group) (Performer), Screen Snapshots, Inc, Library of Congress
Other Authors: Musser, Charles (Contributor, Commentator), Stewart, Jacqueline Najuma, 1970- (Contributor, Commentator), Wood, Bret (Commentator), Berry, Torriano (Commentator), Mashon, Mike (Commentator), Combs, Rhea L. (Contributor), Elliott, Mary N. (Contributor), Thompson, True T. (Screenwriter), Williams, Spencer, 1893-1969 (Screenwriter, Actor), Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951 (Screenwriter), Maurice, Richard D. (Screenwriter, Actor), Gist, James (Screenwriter), Gist, Eloyce, 1892-1974 (Screenwriter, Actor), Starkman, David, 1885-1947 (Screenwriter), Kahn, Richard C., 1897-1960 (Screenwriter), Bowser, Pearl, 1931- (Cinematographer), Preer, Evelyn (Actor), Edwards, Mattie, 1866-1944 (Actor), Montgomery, Frank, 1870-1944 (Actor), Chenault, Lawrence, 1877-1943- (Actor), Brooks, Clarence (Actor), Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 (Actor), Gilbert, Mercedes (Actor), Russell, Julia Theresa (Actor), Rodgers, Marshall, -1934 (Actor), Alexander, Chester A. (Actor), Cornick, Walter (Actor), Robinson, Madame (Actor), Johnson, Lillian (Actor), Mayo, Stella, active 1923-1924 (Actor), Maxwell, M. C., active 1920-1925 (Actor), Criner, Lawrence, 1898-1965 (Actor), Boyd, Kathryn (Actress) (Actor), Reynolds, Steve (Actor) (Actor), Gilpin, Charles S. (Charles Sidney), 1878-1930 (Actor), Henderson, Harry (Actor), McCormack, Pearl (Actor), Johnstone, Norman (Actor), Pettus, William E. (Actor), Fields, Sammie (Actor), Brooks, Eunice (Actor), Moore, Charles R., 1893-1947 (Actor), Randol, George (Actor), Comathiere, A. B. (Actor), Mahon, Carl (Actor), Calloway, Starr (Actor), Russell, Alice B., (Actress) (Actor), Cato, Minto, 1900-1979 (Actor), Bowman, Laura, 1881-1957 (Actor), Tucker, Lorenzo (Actor), Newsome, Carman (Actor), Lewis, Lucille (Actor), Guy, Barrington (Actor), Jeffries, Herb (Actor, Performer), Brooks, Lucius (Actor), Young, Artie (Actor), Caviness, Cathryn (Actor), Riley, Juanita (Actor), Hardeman, Reather (Actor), Jones, Jas. B. (James B.) (Actor), Everett, Francine, 1920-1999 (Actor, Performer), Boykin, David (Saxophonist) (Actor, Performer), Moore, Tim, 1887-1958 (Performer), Trible, Andrew (Performer), Davis, Amon (Performer), Martin, Sara, 1884-1955 (Performer), Moses, Lucia Lynn, 1908-1984- (Actor), Moses, Ethel (Actor), Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay), 1809-1885, Pratt, William W., Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932, Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965, Stribling, T. S. (Thomas Sigismund), 1881-1965
Format: DVD
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Kino Classics, [2016]
Subjects:
African Americans > Drama.
African Americans in motion pictures.
African American motion picture producers and directors.
Race films.
Slapstick comedy films.
Independent films.
Fiction films.
Silent films.
Short films.
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart from the Hollywood establishment, cultivating visual and narrative styles that were uniquely their own.
Item Description:Films originally produced 1915-1946.
Booklet, titled Pioneers of African-American cinema: film notes, includes an introduction by Paul D. Miller (aka D.J. Spooky), and essays by Charles Musser, Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, Rhea L. Combs, and Mary N. Elliott.
Special features include commentary by Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, Charles Musser, Bret Wood, S. Torriano Berry, and Mike Mashon.
Body and soul: Based on the novel by Oscar Micheaux.
Dirty Gerties from Harlem U.S.A.: Based on the story "Miss Thompson" by W. Somerset Maugham.
Ten minutes to live: Based on the short stories "The Faker", "The Killer", and "Harlem after midnight" a collection entitled "Harlem after midnight" (author undetermined).
Ten nights in a bar room: Based on the novel by Timothy Shay Arthur and the stage adaptation by William W. Pratt.
The birthright: Based on the novel by Thomas Sigismund Stribling.
The bxile: Based on the novel The Conquest by Oscar Micheaux.
The birl from Chicago: Based on the short story "Jeff Ballinger's Woman" by Oscar Micheaux.
Veiled aristocrats: Based on the novel The House Behind the Cedars by Charles W. Chesnutt.
Physical Description:5 videodiscs (approximately 1227 min.) : silent and sound, black and white and color tinted ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (76 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)
Format:DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby digital 2.0.
Awards:National Film Registry selection, 1991: Blood of Jesus.
National Film Registry selection, 1992: Within our gates.

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