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Author Ndounou, Monica White, 1976-

Title Shaping the future of African American film : color-coded economics and the story behind the numbers / Monica White Ndounou
Published New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2013

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Contents Introduction: the color of Hollywood: black, white or green? -- Finding freedom on stage and screen. The plantation lives! -- Insurrection!: African American film's revolutionary potential through black theatre -- Black pathology sells: books and films -- Playing with fire: black women's literature/white box office -- A breaking the chains of history and genre -- It' not just business: color-coded economics and original films -- The paradox of branding, black star power, and box office politics -- Big business: hip hop gangsta films and black comedies -- Conclusion: the story behind the numbers
Summary Through analysis of the production, funding, and content of thousands of films featuring African Americans in leading and supporting roles, Monica White Ndounou reveals the process of history and film development where race-based economics and the politics of distribution hamstring the making, the expression, and the creative freedom of films about, by, or for people of color
Bibliography Includes filmography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject African Americans in the motion picture industry.
Motion pictures -- Economic aspects -- United States
Motion picture industry -- United States -- Finance
African American motion picture producers and directors.
African Americans in motion pictures.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
African American motion picture producers and directors
African Americans in motion pictures
African Americans in the motion picture industry
Motion picture industry -- Finance
Motion pictures -- Economic aspects
Filmwirtschaft
Schwarze
Schwarze Motiv
Film
Finanzierung
United States
USA
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813562575
0813562570