White Scripts and Black Supermen : Black Masculinities in Comic Books / California Newsreel.

A valuable and colorful examination of 40 years of changing representations of black masculinity in a significant area of popular culture: comic books. This genre's reach and impact has extended into other forms of cultural production such as movies and animated TV series.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Infobase (Film distributor), California Newsreel (Firm)
Language:	English
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Closed-captioned.
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : California Newsreel, [2012]
Series:	Films on Demand.
Subjects:	African Americans > History. Communication. Mass media > Study and teaching. United States > History. Internet videos.
Genre:	Internet videos.
Online Access:	Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (54 min., 4 sec)) : sound, color.
Format:	Electronic Video

Contents:

Black Masculinity in Comics (2:52); Shaft vs. Sidney Poitier (2:00); Burden of Hyper-Masculinity (2:41); "Lobo" Rejected (2:45); Black Panther (5:41); Falcon Debuts (3:13); (Black) Green Lantern (8:13); Luke Cage (10:02); Worst Black Superhero? (4:46); Black Lightning (7:21); Credits: White Scripts and Black Supermen (3:44);