Black Hollywood the Way It Was : Fading In – Part 2 / Tony Brown Productions.

This program begins with the decision by the NAACP to answer D. W. Griffith’s racist epic, The Birth of A Nation, by producing a film that would highlight and celebrate Black progress, The Birth of A Race. Fortunately, in that same year, 1915, Noble Johnson, an African American, established the Linc...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Black Hollywood the Way It Was.
Corporate Authors: Infobase (Film distributor)
Tony Brown Productions (Firm)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Tony Brown Productions, [1983]
Series:Films on Demand.
Black Hollywood the Way It Was.
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 (27 min., 20 sec)) : sound, color.
Format: Electronic Video
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Summary:
This program begins with the decision by the NAACP to answer D. W. Griffith’s racist epic, The Birth of A Nation, by producing a film that would highlight and celebrate Black progress, The Birth of A Race. Fortunately, in that same year, 1915, Noble Johnson, an African American, established the Lincoln Motion Picture Company that made history with its first film, The Realization of a Negro’s Ambition, which became the first movie to portray Blacks in a positive image.
Note:Originally released by Tony Brown Productions, 1983.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on December 18, 2018.
Interest Grade Level:
9 - 12, Academic/AP
System Details:Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Source of Description:
Title from distributor's description