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Author Lupack, Barbara Tepa

Title Richard E. Norman and race filmmaking / Barbara Tepa Lupack ; foreword by Michael T. Martin
Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2014]
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Description 1 online resource (400 pages) : portrait
Contents Foreword / Michael T. Martin -- Introduction : new visions of opportunity -- Race matters : the evolution of race filmmaking -- "Have you talent?" : Norman's early career -- "Not a white man in the cast" : Norman's early race films -- "Taking two hides from the ox" : The bull-dogger and The crimson skull -- "A risky experiment" : Zircon and regeneration -- "You know we have the goods" : The flying ace and Black gold -- "It takes a darn good one to stick" : Norman's later career -- Afterword -- Appendix 1 : Shooting script : The green eyed monster -- Appendix 2 : Shooting script (fragment) and scenario : The bull-dogger -- Appendix 3 : Shooting script : The crimson skull
Summary In the early 1900s, so-called race filmmakers set out to produce Black-oriented pictures to counteract the racist caricatures that had dominated cinema from its inception. Richard E. Norman, a southern-born white filmmaker, was one such pioneer. From humble beginnings as a roving "home talent" filmmaker, recreating photoplays that starred local citizens, Norman would go on to produce high-quality feature-length race pictures. Together with his better-known contemporaries Oscar Micheaux and Noble and George Johnson, Richard E. Norman helped to define early race filmmaking. Making use of unique archival resources, including Norman's personal and professional correspondence, detailed distribution records, and newly discovered original shooting scripts, this book offers a vibrant portrait of race in early cinema
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Norman, Richard E., 1891-1960 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Norman, Richard E., 1891-1960 fast
Subject Race films.
African Americans in motion pictures.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
African Americans in motion pictures
Race films
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Martin, Michael T
ISBN 9780253010728
0253010721
1299999824
9781299999824