We gotta have it : twenty years of seeing Black at the movies, 1986-2006 / Esther Iverem.
Features reviews of every movie from the "new wave" in black film, and presents interviews and essays that examine the role these films have played in global and American culture.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Thunder's Mouth Press,
[2007], ©2007.
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| Physical Description: | xxx, 610 pages ; 23 cm |
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Twenty years of seeing Black at the movies, 1986-2006. |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Ch. 1. Seeing black
- Ch. 2. The new, black, hot ...
- Ch. 3. Mo' betta?
- Ch. 4. Isn't he lovely
- Ch. 5. Black like me
- Ch. 6. A place of our own
- Ch. 7. Am I black enough for you?
- Ch. 8. Our story, their story, whose story?
- Ch. 9. History and mystery
- Ch. 10. Fight the power
- Ch. 11. Let the good times roll
- Ch. 12. Acapulco 2000 and summer madness
- Ch. 13. Urbanworld 2000 and black women on the verge of a film breakdown
- Ch. 14. We're bamboozled and black stars rule
- Ch. 15. Pimps, hos, brothers, and sisters
- Ch. 16. Challenging the American culture machine-and not
- Ch. 17. Epic lives and fantasy
- Ch. 18. Battling words, beats, and story
- Ch. 19. Big laughs and the unkindest cut
- Ch. 20. Sanaa rules, drumline beats, Denzel directs
- Ch. 21. Who's zoomin' who?
- Ch. 22. Truth be told
- Ch. 23. Film can be fierce
- Ch. 24. A troublesome property
- Ch. 25. Those bad mother (shut-yo-mouth!)
- Ch. 26. Unbought and unbossed
- Ch. 27. Big-boned cinema
- Ch. 28. State of the union
- Ch. 29. The changing same
- Ch. 30. Get rich or make a real movie
- Ch. 31. African-American lives
- Ch. 32. Baller, shot caller
- Ch. 33. Dreams and dreams deferred.