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Shaping the future of African American film

Ndounou, Monica White, 1976-

Shaping the future of African American film color-coded economics and the story behind the numbers / [electronic resource] : Monica White Ndounou. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes filmography.

Introduction: the color of Hollywood: black, white or green? -- Finding freedom on stage and screen. The plantation lives! -- Insurrection!: African American film's revolutionary potential through black theatre -- Black pathology sells: books and films -- Playing with fire: black women's literature/white box office -- A breaking the chains of history and genre -- It' not just business: color-coded economics and original films -- The paradox of branding, black star power, and box office politics -- Big business: hip hop gangsta films and black comedies -- Conclusion: the story behind the numbers.

9780813562575 0813562570


African Americans in motion pictures.
African American motion picture producers and directors.
Motion picture industry--Finance--United States.
Motion pictures--Economic aspects--United States.
African Americans in the motion picture industry.


Electronic books.

PN1995.9.N4 / N36 2013

791.43/652996073