Historical dictionary of African American cinema
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Historical dictionary of African American cinema
（Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts, no. 12）
Scarecrow Press, 2007
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Bibliography: p. 387-389
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Description
On 4 July, 1910, in 100-degree heat at an outdoor boxing ring near Reno, Nevada, film cameras recorded-and thousands of fans witnessed-former heavyweight champion Jim Jeffries' reluctant return from retirement to fight Jack Johnson, a black man. After 14 grueling rounds, Johnson knocked out Jeffries and for the first time in history, there was a black heavyweight champion of the world. At least 10 people lost their lives because of Johnson's victory and hundreds more were injured due to white retaliation and wild celebrations in the streets. Public screenings received instantaneous protests and hundreds of cities barred the film from being shown. Congress even passed a law making it a federal offense to transport moving pictures of prizefights across state lines, and thus the most powerful portrayal of a black man ever recorded on film was made virtually invisible. This is but one of the hundreds of films covered in the Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema, which includes everything from The Birth of a Nation to Crash. In addition to the films, brief biographies of African American actors and actresses such as Sidney Poitier, James Earl Jones, Halle Berry, Eddie Murphy, Whoopi Goldberg, Denzel Washington, and Jamie Foxx can be found in this reference. Through a chronology, a list of acronyms and abbreviations, an introductory essay, a bibliography, appendixes, black-&-white photos, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on actors, actresses, movies, producers, organizations, awards, film credits, and terminology, this book provides a better understanding of the role African Americans played in film history.
Table of Contents
Part 1 Editor's Foreword Part 2 Acronyms and Abbreviations Part 3 Chronology Part 4 Introduction Part 5 THE DICTIONARY Part 6 Appendixes Chapter 7 A. NAACP Image Award Winners Chapter 8 B. African American Academy Award Winners Chapter 9 C. African American Golden Globe Award Winners Chapter 10 D. Black FIlmmakers Hall of Fame Inductees Chapter 11 E. Top-Grossing African American Films Chapter 12 F. Top-Grossing Films Directed by African American Women Chapter 13 G. Top-Grossing Films Directed by African American Men Part 14 Bibliography Part 15 Internet Sources Part 16 About the Authors
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