Hollywood Black
The Stars, the Films, the Filmmakers
$83.65
- Hardcover
264 pages
- Release Date
9 July 2019
Summary
The films, the stars, the filmmakers-all get their due in HOLLYWOOD BLACK, a sweeping overview of black people in film from the silent era through Black Panther, with striking photos and an engrossing history by award-winning author Donald Bogle.
The story opens in the silent film era, when white actors in blackface played black characters and D. W. Griffith premiered his shocking, controversial THE BIRTH OF A NATION. Sound motion pictures were ushered in b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780762491414 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0762491418 |
| Author: | Donald Bogle |
| Publisher: | Running Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Running Press Adult |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 264 |
| Release Date: | 9 July 2019 |
| Weight: | 1.18kg |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 200mm x 32mm |
| Series: | Turner Classic Movies |
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Critics Review
“Utterly essential and sophisticated…”– -Jeff Simon, Buffalo News
“Little-known stories, megawatt stars on-set and off, and a sweeping history of Black film–from silent films to the millennium and beyond–make this triumphant tome a must-read for any movie lover.”
–-Lindsay Powers, Amazon Book Review Editor
“A superb and detailed book that both educates and informs. I can’t recommend this title enough.”–DVDCorner.net
“No one knows more (or has written more extensively) about the history of African-Americans’ contributions to cinema than Donald Bogle.”–-Leonard Maltin, LeonardMaltin.com
“The leading scholar and historian on African Americans in film puts it all in one volume in this well-illustrated study.”–Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“This book engagingly chronicles the challenges and achievements of African Americans in Hollywood….Bogle’s narrative style makes for absorbing reading, and the book’s glossy, photo-filled pages will further attract readers.”–Booklist
“Utterly essential and sophisticated…”–-Jeff Simon, Buffalo News
About The Author
Donald Bogle
Donald Bogle is one of the foremost authorities on African Americans in films and entertainment history. His nine books include the groundbreaking Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks; the award-winning Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams; the bestselling Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography; and Brown Sugar, which the author adapted into a PBS documentary series. Bogle has appeared on numerous television and radio programs; and in such documentaries as Spike Lee’s Jim Brown: All-American. He was a special commentator and consultant for Turner Classic Movies’ award-winning series Race and Hollywood. Bogle teaches at the University of Pennsylvania and New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He lives in Manhattan.
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