Regeneration : Black cinema 1898-1971 / edited by Doris Berger, Rhea L. Combs ; contributions by Donald Bogle, Cara Caddoo, Terri Simone Francis, Michael Boyce Gillespie, J. Raúl Guzmán, Shola Lynch, Ron Magliozzi, Ellen C. Scott, Jacqueline Stewart. ; foreword by Whoopi Goldberg ; [the exhibition cocurated by Doris Berger and Rhea L. Combs].

From the dawn of the medium onward, Black filmmakers have helped define American cinema. Black performers, producers and directors; Bert Williams, Oscar Micheaux, Herb Jeffries, Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge, Ruby Dee and William Greaves, to name just a few, had a vast and resounding impact. Black f...

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Corporate Authors: Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (Issuing body, Host institution)
Detroit Institute of Arts (Host institution)
Distributed Art Publishers (Publisher)
Regeneration : Black cinema 1898-1971
Other Authors: Berger, Doris, 1972- (Contributor, Editor, Curator)
Combs, Rhea L. (Contributor, Editor, Curator)
Bogle, Donald (Contributor)
Caddoo, Cara, 1978- (Contributor)
Francis, Terri Simone (Contributor)
Gillespie, Michael Boyce, 1969- (Contributor)
Guzmán, J. Raúl (Contributor)
Lynch, Shola (Contributor)
Magliozzi, Ronald S., 1949- (Contributor)
Scott, Ellen C., 1978- (Contributor)
Stewart, Jacqueline Najuma, 1970- (Contributor)
Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955- (writer of foreword.)
Jacobson, Karen (Editor)
Friedman, Jane (indexer.)
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, California : New York, New York : Academy Museum of Motion Pictures ; DelMonico Books/D.A.P., 2022.
Subjects:
African Americans in motion pictures > Exhibitions.
African Americans in the motion picture industry > Exhibitions.
Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century > Exhibitions.
African Americans in motion pictures.
African Americans in the motion picture industry.
Motion pictures.
United States.
1900-1999
History.
Exhibition catalogs.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
History.
Exhibition catalogs.
Physical Description:288 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 32 cm
Variant Title:
Black cinema 1898-1971 : regeneration [Cover title]
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Contents:
  • Director's foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword / Whoopi Goldberg
  • Introduction / Doris Berger and Rhea L. Combs
  • Essay. A spectrum of Black cinema / Doris Berger and Rhea L. Combs : What is Black cinema? ; Uplift and visual education ; Counterimages and counternarratives ; Establishing shots: new images ; Cultivating Black audiences ; Interlude: Black Europe ; Black Hollywood ; Black stars and icons ; Freedom movements ; Regenerating Black cinema
  • Case studies. Bert Williams and Black performance culture / Ron Magliozzi
  • Spectatorship and the Black press / Cara Caddoo
  • Paul Robeson / Ellen C. Scott
  • Josephine Baker: Black film's French star / Terri Simone Francis
  • Hattie McDaniel: talent, drive, audacity, agency / Donald Bogle
  • Reform school / Ellen C. Scott
  • William D. Alexander: all-American / Shola Lynch
  • African American home movies / Rhea L. Combs and Jacqueline Stewart
  • William Greaves: bridging generations / Shola Lynch
  • James Baldwin: what he saw / Michael Boyce Gillespie
  • Glamour portraits. Selected Black stars of American cinema
  • Filmography. Independent films, predominantly from Black moviemakers / J. Raúl Guzmán
  • Chronology. Key moments in the history of Black cinema from 1895-1971 / J. Raúl Guzmán
  • Interviews. Charles Burnett
  • Julie Dash
  • Ava DuVernay
  • Barry Jenkins
  • Dawn Porter.