Redefining Black Film

by Mark A. Reid

Book Overview

Can films about black characters, produced by white filmmakers, be considered "black films"? In answering this question, Mark Reid reassesses black film history, carefully distinguishing between films controlled by blacks and films that utilize black talent, but are controlled by whites. Previous black film criticism has "buried" the true black film industry, Reid says, by concentrating on films that are about, but not by, blacks.

Reid's discussion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520079027
• ISBN13: 9780520079021
• Release Date: February 1993
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"