Soul searching: black-themed cinema from the march on Washington to the rise of blaxploitation
2011; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 49; Issue: 04 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5860/choice.49-1965
ISSN1943-5975
Autores Tópico(s)Race, History, and American Society
ResumoThe sixties were a tremendously important time of transition for both civil rights activism and the U.S. industry. Soul Searching examines a subject that, despite its significance to African American history, has gone largely unexplored until now. By revisiting films produced between the march on Washington in 1963 and the dawn of the movie cycle in 1970, Christopher Sieving reveals how race relations influenced black-themed cinema before it was recognized as commercially viable by the major studios. The films that are central to this book-Gone Are the Days (1963), The Cool World (1964), The Confessions of Nat Turner (never produced), Uptight (1968), and The Landlord (1970)-are all ripe for reevaluation and newfound appreciation. Soul Searching is essential reading for anyone interested in the politics and cultural movements of the 1960s, cinematic trends like blaxploitation and the American indie film explosion, or black experience and its many facets.
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