Trying to Get Over : African American Directors after Blaxploitation, 1977-1986.
Corson, Keith.
Trying to Get Over : African American Directors after Blaxploitation, 1977-1986. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (288 pages)
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Blaxploitation Reconsidered: African American Directors and the Political Economy of Hollywood -- 2. Our Man in Hollywood Creativity and Compromise in the Films of Michael Schultz -- 3. Writing His Second Act: Sidney Poitier's Move Behind the Ca mera -- 4. Think Locally, Act Globally: Fred "the Hammer" Williamson, Low-Budget Genre Filmmaking, and the Struggle for Self-Definition -- 5. Outside of Society: Jamaa Fanaka, the LA Rebellion, and the Complications of Independent Filmmaking -- 6. Dreams Deferred: Untapped Potential, the Transformation of Black Popular Culture, and the Cinematic Legacies of Gilbert Moses and Stan Lathan -- 7. Dirty Minds Reformed: Celebrity, Power, and the Directorial Turns of Richard Pryor and Prince -- Conclusion -- Filmography, 1969-1994 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
No detailed description available for "Trying to Get Over".
9781477309094
Electronic books.
PN1995
791.43/652996073
Trying to Get Over : African American Directors after Blaxploitation, 1977-1986. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (288 pages)
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Blaxploitation Reconsidered: African American Directors and the Political Economy of Hollywood -- 2. Our Man in Hollywood Creativity and Compromise in the Films of Michael Schultz -- 3. Writing His Second Act: Sidney Poitier's Move Behind the Ca mera -- 4. Think Locally, Act Globally: Fred "the Hammer" Williamson, Low-Budget Genre Filmmaking, and the Struggle for Self-Definition -- 5. Outside of Society: Jamaa Fanaka, the LA Rebellion, and the Complications of Independent Filmmaking -- 6. Dreams Deferred: Untapped Potential, the Transformation of Black Popular Culture, and the Cinematic Legacies of Gilbert Moses and Stan Lathan -- 7. Dirty Minds Reformed: Celebrity, Power, and the Directorial Turns of Richard Pryor and Prince -- Conclusion -- Filmography, 1969-1994 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
No detailed description available for "Trying to Get Over".
9781477309094
Electronic books.
PN1995
791.43/652996073