the great divide ( 1915 film )
clark, ginger .
beyond the great divide: hollywood and race relations in the 1950s .
pimpare, stephen .
the welfare queen and the great white hope .
rosenbaum, julia b .
' a great step forward! : the film home of the brave .
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dw griffith’s film was released on 8 february 1915. a century later it’s regarded as a landmark in cinema history – and terribly bigoted. tom brook reports .
survival status: print exists in the national film and television archive of the british film institute film archive [ incomplete positive (missing one reel) ] .
the dude, had been listed in new mexico' s film history since 1968, but there was little information about it, just the title and year. it wasn' t until 2000 that all the other information about the film came to light when vicki ligon sent us a photograph of the cast and crew and the ranch hands that worked at her great - great grandfather' s san augustine ranch (near organ). her grandfather inscribed the photograph with the names of everyone in the group portrait that included himself and vicki' s great - great grandfather, w. w. cox. vicki found the photograph tucked away in her grandmother' s trunk in the attic (where else ?) .
john henry
: a cartoon version of the tale of john henry, the great steel - driving worker who competes with a steam drill .
great jazz music video with little jasper caught in a pawnshop at midnight. features charlie barnet and orchestra with vocals by peggy lee .
“i think the historical distance is great enough that we can see it as a product of a particular historical moment, ” says ellen scott .
in early november of 1915, lubin films was at red rock state park shooting scenes for the great divide co - directed by romaine fielding and edgar lewis that starred house peters and ethel clayton. the majority of the film was shot at the grand canyon, and it brought with it logistical and technical problems which fielding solved by inventing a portable collapsible set that was easy to carry into the canyon and could fold into a single room or one the size of a ballroom. and to circumvent the scorching daytime temperatures, he designed a lighting system for night photography - a feat unheard of at the time .
laws, page .
not everybody' s protest film, either: native son among controversial film adaptations .
the film is credited with reviving the racist kkk, who adopted it as a recruitment tool. “the ku klux klan had been kind of a dead organisation by 1915, but when the film [ came out and became a hit ] the kkk was refounded, capitalised on [ the film’s success ] and in the 1920s became a massive organisation at the peak of nativist fervour in the united states, ” says paul mcewan .
naylor, nicholas .
muhammad ali, jack johnson, and the' problem' of interracial relationships: a re - view of martin ritt' s the great white hope (1970) .
the prevailing view is that the film’s racism doesn’t ultimately detract from its technical and artistic prowess .
hughey, matthew w .
the white savior film and reviewers' reception .
future learning and skills – giving everyone the opportunity to build a lifelong relationship with film .
herzog, amy .
dissonant refrains: carmen on film .
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“the film is one of the most racist films ever made. maybe the most racist film ever made, ” says ellen scott, author of the just - published cinema civil rights. “this film actually depicts lynching as a positive thing, ” she says. “the politics of the film was essentially to say certain black people are worthy of being lynched. in that sense it’s extremely racist. ”
giroux, henry a .
hollywood film as public pedagogy: education in the crossfire .
questions or comments about new mexico' s film history? contact john raymond armijo .
palmer, william j .
from blaxploitation to african american film .
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new york film critics circle awards - best supporting actor (samuel l. jackson )
storhoff, gary .
strange fruit
: lady sings the blues as a crossover film .
alsen, eberhard .
racism and the film version of eugene o' neill' s the emperor jones .
prisons, race, and masculinity in twentieth - century u. s. literature and film
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“it’s the building block film. there would be no extended movie narrative without griffith. it is the film that showed the world about the potential of cinema, ” says armond white, who reviews movies for national review and out magazine .
a growing source of silent era film information. this listing is from the progressive silent film list by carl bennett. copyright © 1999 - 2018 by carl bennett and the silent era company. all rights reserved .
the film is currently considered a lost movie. no negative or positive elements are known to have survived .
smith, judith e .
' a giant step forward': the film home of the brave .
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but the film’s racism was heightened because critics and film historians have judged it to be so brilliant in its use of cinematic techniques. “i don’t think we would remember this film as we do had it not been for the way [ griffith ] uses parallel editing and shows us the kkk [ rushing ] in to save [ the heroine ], on horseback no less, ” ellen scott says. “and he cross - cuts that image with the image of [ a ] black man attacking various people. so we have these two images cut together and in some sense the suspense that creates is the main impact of the film. i think that the film’s techniques were woven in with the film’s racist power. ”
gateward, frances .
daywalkin' night stalkin' bloodsuckas black vampires in contemporary film .
stepin fetchit was the stage name of american comedian and film actor lincoln theodore monroe andrew perry (may 30, 1902–november 19, 1985). his typical film persona and stage name have long been synonymous with the stereotype of the servile, shiftless, simple - minded black man in early 20th century american film. there has been a more recent revisionist view that sees his film persona as ultimately subversive of the status quo. perry parlayed the fetchit persona into a successful film career, eventually becoming a millionaire, the first black actor in history to do so. [
leicester, h. marshall, jr .
discourse and the film text: four readings of carmen .
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the great white hope (1970) directed by martin ritt. cast: james earl jones, jane alexander, lou gilbert, joel fluellen, chester morris. based on the life of african american boxer jack johnson, this fictional account of his rise to fame chronicles the battles that the flamboyant champion fought in and out of the ring. refusing to live within the boundaries deemed acceptable by society, this renowned hero and the woman he loved chose to live their lives the way they wanted - - something which evoked great fury from a narrow - minded world. 102 min. dvd 8059 credits and other information from the internet movie database
cannes film festiva - best supporting actor (samuel l. jackson); prize of the ecumenical jury - special mention
cripps, thomas .
the making of birth of a race: the emerging politics of identity in silent film .
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my experience working with the new mexico film office has been top notch. a friend of mine suggested i contact the office since i was in need of a place to rough cut my film. being on a small budget, the edit suites at the nm film office became the perfect solution. the entire office is very friendly and located in a convenient part of santa fe, and the edit bays are excellent .
holbrook, morris b .
when bad things happen to great musicians: the role of ambi - diegetic jazz in three tragedepictions of artistic genius on the silver screen (' lady sings the blues';' sweet love, bitter';'' round midnight';' bird') .
[ london ], british film institute, 1972. (nrlf (ucb) pn1998. a3 r5371 )
. it’s worth noting, however, that some women embraced marinetti’s philosophy and tried to resolve the contradiction. valentine de saint - point released the manifesto of futurist women in 1912, rejecting marinetti’s concept of superior man and inferior women (“it is absurd to divide humanity into men and women. it is composed only of femininity and masculinity. ”) while echoing the futurist call for an infusion of virility “lacking in women as in men. ”
the first company known to have produced a narrative film in new mexico was the love of the navajo, produced in 1908 by the navajo film company of durango, colorado. filming took place in and around farmington and on the san juan river. still photos and press clippings are in the collection of the farmington museum. thanks to luke renner (digital media arts and design, san juan college) for bringing this heretofore unknown film to our attention .
“it was a box office success – a mainstream film, so utterly mainstream, ” says professor alan rice, a birth of a nation expert at the institute for black atlantic research at the university of central lancashire, who has been organising a series of symposia on the film .
in fact rice doesn’t view the film as a historical artifact at all. he cites the work of us sound artist dj spooky. “he’s a young african - american who’s made a response to the film called rebirth of a nation, which mixes images of the film with his own soundtrack. ” it’s an attempt to challenge the assumptions of the film. “i think the legacy really is that we don’t lie down in front of these images, ” rice says, “that we create works of art that speak back to [ those images ] and create new realities, ” he says .
it made history by becoming the first film ever to be screened at the white house. but it was revolutionary for another reason: “it was very important in [ that ] it was the first full - scale long narrative using a lot of the new techniques of film - making, ” says rice .
wallace, michele .
race, gender and psychoanalysis in forties film: lost boundaries, home of the brave and the quiet one .
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intriguing view of the underground black film industry in the early 1900s. featuring footage from the 1920s through the 1950s. offers a priceless collection of unique performances by black legends. 2002. 189 min .
in 1912, pat powers, founder of the powers motion picture company, along with six other independent film companies, merged with carl laemmle' s independent motion picture company (imp) to form the universal film manufacturing company. two years later, the name was changed to universal pictures, the first major studio in california .
campbell, edward d. c. , jr .
' burn, mandingo, burn': the plantation south in film, 1958 - 1978
exteriors for the film were shot at the grand canyon, gallup and albuquerque, nm and in georgia, where seven hundred pounds of dynamite were used to create a mountain landslide. a pre - release article lists arthur e. matthews as a cast member. metro - goldwyn pictures made a film based on the same source, entitled
“the naacp was very conflicted about whether the film should be banned, ” says scott, who points out that many of the organisation’s members also supported civil liberties, and that included freedom of expression .
munby, jonathan .
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other
gangsters
race, politics, and the gangster film: the underworld films of oscar micheaux and ralph cooper .
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black shadows on a silver screen. history of the motion picture made by black film makers between 1900 and 1950, including scenes from these films. emphasizes the attempt by black film makers to provide alternatives to the lack of sensitivity and racism of hollywood films by portraying blacks realistically. 52 min. dvd x1409; vhs video / c 1063
dj spooky' s rebirth of a nation (2007) first released in 1915, d. w. griffith' s birth of a nation ignited worldwide controversy with its graphic depictions of racism and white supremacy in the post - civil war south. nearly 100 years later, paul d. miller also known as conceptual artist / musician / writer dj spooky that subliminal kid, creates a daring' remix' of griffith' s epic to expose the film' s true meaning and relate it to the socio - political conflicts of america today. 100 min. dvd x4700 credits and other information from the internet movie database
birth of a race (excerpt) (1915) directed by john w. noble. cast: louis dean, harry dumont, carter b. harkness, doris doscher, charles graham, ben hendricks, alice gale, john reinhardt, gertrude braun. after a biblical and historical prologue detailing the evolution of the idea of democracy through the creation, flood, the crucifixion of christ, the discovery of america, the signing of the declaration of independenc and the civil war, the present - day threat to this idea by autocratic powers is dramatized. 10 min. dvd 3012; dvd 2912
whatever role dw griffith may have played in bringing a racist film to the screen, the root of much of the bigotry can be located in his source material, a racist text called the clansman, written by thomas dixon jr .
the great debaters (2007) directed by denzel washington. cast: denzel washington, forest whitaker, nate parker, jurnee smollett, denzel whitaker, john heard, kimberly elise. melvin b. tolson is a professor at wiley college in texas. wiley is a small african - american college. in 1935, tolson inspired students to form the school' s first debate team. tolson turns a group of underdog students into a historically elite debate team which goes on to challenge harvard in the national championship. inspired by a true story. special features: deleted scenes ;
the great debaters: an historical perspective ;
that' s what my baby likes ,
music video ;
my soul is a witness ,
music video. 124 min. dvd x6464 credits and other information from the internet movie database
birth of a nation (1915) directed by d. w. griffith. cast: lillian gish, mae marsh, henry walthall, miriam cooper, mary alden, ralph lewis, george seigmann, walter long. adapted from thomas dixon' s novel, the clansman. a civil war spectacular, portraying
life in the south
during and after the civil war as revealed in a story depicting the war itself, the conflict between the defeated southerners and emancipated renegade negroes, the despoiling of the south during the carpetbagger period, and the revival of the southern white man' s honor through the efforts of the ku klux klan. 124 min. dvd 3012; dvd 29 credits and other information from the internet movie database
the campaign was an instant hit and brought in motion picture companies from both coasts to scout the area but nothing was finalized until 1915 when ludwig ilfeld, a prominent local merchant, and his wife traveled to los angeles to follow - up on inquiries from various studios. there, they met tom mix and convinced him and studio chief, william
colonel
selig of the selig polyscope company to produce films in las vegas. tom mix and company arrived on june 30 with all their location equipment and stayed until late november. selig also sent a documentary film crew to document the annual 4 th of july rough riders reunion, parade and rodeo .
birth of a nation (1915) directed by d. w. griffith. cast: lillian gish, mae marsh, henry walthall, miriam cooper, mary alden, ralph lewis, george seigmann, walter long. adapted from thomas dixon' s novel, the clansman. a civil war spectacular, portraying
life in the south
during and after the civil war as revealed in a story depicting the war itself, the conflict between the defeated southerners and emancipated renegade negroes, the despoiling of the south during the carpetbagger period, and the revival of the southern white man' s honor through the efforts of the ku klux klan. 124 min. dvd 3012; dvd 29; credits and other information from the internet movie database
bryan, violet harrington .
i' m watching god
: modifications and omissions in the film adaptation of zora neale hurston' s
their eyes were watching god .
“when it is shown, it should be shown within the context of a debate. censoring it would make it more underground. it would play into the hands of the racists who would say we can’t debate with the film, ” says professor rice .
in the course of the serial’s five episodes filibus plays cat - and - mouse with the great detective hardy, pocketing some diamonds along the way. the film is a precursor to today’s gadget - driven techno - thrillers: in her various schemes filibus employs not only her zeppelin but something called a heliograph, a tiny camera, a miniature gun, lots of soporific drugs, and a fake handprint. she commutes between zeppelin and terra firma in a kind of tin can (complete with phone), which detective hardy fails to notice, even when it’s hovering over his terrace. the special effects are endearingly low - budget, but who cares, when the action is fast - paced and just plain fun ?
nettelbeck, colin w .
okra and quenelles: jazz and film - making (as nourishment) in tavernier' s round midnight (1986) .
explores the black underground film industry featuring footage from the 1920s through the 1950s. features respected western actor bill pickett, who starred in the firest black western ,
the bull dogger
in 1921. also represented is herbert jeffries, also know as the bronze buckaroo and the first cinematic black cowboy star. 2002. 144 min .
many of the attempts to ban the film failed because sex and morality, not racism, were seen as the most pressing problems in cinema at the time – and griffith and his cohorts had an army of lawyers to fight off efforts to censor his picture .
fulmer, jacqueline .
cundieff' s revision of masculinity in film, or, a' hard' man is not necessarily good to find .
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hint at a sequel, it was not to be. a few months after the film was released, italy declared war on austro - hungary and italian film production dropped precipitously over the next few years—possibly explaining why cristina ruspoli’s credits seem to stop in 1916, why corona films went out of business, and why mario roncoroni moved to spain. by rights, a film as minor as filibus should have vanished from history as quickly as its creators. that it has survived for us to watch, analyze, and marvel at is a small miracle .
g (2002) directed by christopher scott cherot. cast: richard t. jones, blair underwood, andre royo, chenda maxwell. inspired by' the great gatsby', this story follows rap mogul summer g on a journey to regain what he desires most - the love of his life, who is married to someone else. summer would give up his millions to rekindle a romance with his one true love. 96 min. dvd x3068 credits and other information from the internet movie database
showcasing the great jazz singer cab calloway in a variety of formats and environments, this splended compilation of
soundies
and clips from the 1947 feature film hi - de - ho is testament to the master showman' s talent. contents: hi - de - ho - - foo a little boogaloo - - i was here when you left me - - we the cats shall help ya - - minnie the moocher - - one for my baby - - i can' t give you anything but love - - st. james infirmary - - calloway boogie - - how to do the razz - ma - tazz - - long about midnight - - call of the jitterbug - - blowtop blues - - blues in the night - - skunk song - - virginia, georgia and caroline. 102 min .
the commercial clubs of albuquerque and las vegas pitched fielding while he was in silver city to relocate his location company to their towns and after visiting both he chose the meadow city. the company arrived in august and left in early december. fielding produced 10 films in and around las vegas. his last film, the golden god, at a cost of $ 50k was the most expensive film made in 1913, and it had a cast of 5000! the town, electrified by all the filming activity around town, prompted mayor taupert to declare the day of the big battle scenes a holiday so that everyone could participate in the film as an extra or spectator. the las vegas commercial club, a precursor to the chamber of commerce, delighted by the economic impact brought on by lubin films decided in 1914 to launch a national advertising print campaign to attract more motion picture production to the meadow city .
baadassss cinema: a bold look at 70' s blaxploitation films in this groundbreaking documentary from the independent film channel, filmmaker isaac julien takes us back to the early 70s and the explosion of blaxploitation films, today one of american cinema' s most beloved cult genres. featuring a wealth of footage from classic films and interviews with key players the film thoroughly explores blaxploitation films from their breakout casting and unforgettable soundtracks to the outrageous fashions and over - the - top story lines. 2002. 56 min. dvd 1561
two productions just wrapped in december: a feature film entitled frontera and a pilot, after hours. the final espisodes for breaking bad are under way. for information on current projects, visit in production .
an investigation into scenario writer giovanni bertinetti yields intriguing fodder for speculation on filibus’s origins. in addition to his film work, bertinetti wrote children’s adventure stories featuring the gadgets and science - fiction fantasy elements that animate
the birth of a nation was the creation of dw griffith, who had tried his hand as an actor and playwright but whose real genius lay in film - making. nothing on its scale had even been attempted before. it was the epic story of the relationship between two american families, one union, the other confederate, at the time of the civil war and the reconstruction that followed. the film ran for more than three hours and employed (according to a new york times report from the time) 18, 000 people and 3, 000 horses. by 1922 it had been watched by more than five million people. it was the first blockbuster .
directed by stanley kramer. cast: tony curtis and sidney poitier star in stanley kramer' s groundbreaking film that tears into the problem of racial hatred. the plot centers on these two convicts fleeing a chain gang in the deep south. 1 hour 37 min .
while filibus was flying over italy in 1915, the women below were lagging behind their western european sisters when it came to civil rights. married women couldn’t get divorced, they couldn’t inherit property, or even subscribe to a newspaper without their husband’s authorization, according to dalle vacche. diva film melodramas depicting women driven out of their homes, losing custody of their children, shamed and suffering, were a gaudy reflection of this reality. but as dalle vacche points out, lower profile, action - oriented shorts like nelly la domatrice (nelly the lion - tamer, 1912) and la poliziotta (the policewoman, 1913) suggest another facet of female experience. if the diva genre reflected italy’s victimization of women, then these short action films of women in charge reflected a new vision of female autonomy .
fifty - five silent films that we know about were made in new mexico. copies of indian day school, a pueblo legend, the tourists, the rattlesnake (lubin), and local color (selig) are in the film collection at the nm state records center & archives in santa fe .
one hundred years after it was made the birth of a nation still has the power to both enthrall and appall. the film is as confounding as ever, both brilliant and repugnant. groundbreaking in its use of innovative cinematic techniques, it remains tainted by its brazen racism .
larson, charles r .
the black king: forgotten' black?' classic .
journal of popular film and television, vol. 20 no. 2. 1992 summer. pp: 17 - 25 .
the death knell of the silent cinema was all but sealed in the 1927
talkie
the jazz singer when al jolson delivered the apocalyptic line
you ain' t heard nothin' yet .
fittingly, at their first awards ceremony in 1929, the academy of motion picture arts and sciences awarded best picture (based on production) to wings a silent film .
the film, written and directed by calvin lee reeder, portrays the story of a man known as
the rambler
who
after being released from prison, stumbles upon a strange mystery as he attempts the treacherous journey through back roads and small towns en route to reconnecting with his long - lost brother .
beck, bernard .
the valley of the shadow: the hurricane, the law, and friends in need .
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is broadcast on talk 1260 ktrc radio in santa fe, saturday at 11 am. regardless where you live, you can catch previous shows on podcast by going to
the cinema of sidney poitier: the black man' s changing role on the american screen .
showcases the groundbreaking work of african american talent during the early years of black cinema. footage is from the 1920s through the 1950s. dedicated to those performers whose talents have transcended the ages; paul robeson, one of the first stars of independent black cinema; oscar micheaux, who made nearly 50 independent movies; black film director spencer williams jr. is also highlighted. 2002. 217 min .
the black king (harlem hot shot) (1932) directed by bud pollard. cast: a. b. comathiers, vivianne baker, knolly mitchell, dan michaels, mary jane watkins, harry gray, mike jackson, lorenzo tucker, trixie smith. this film is one of the earliest films to focus on
the back to africa
movement. made by an independent white - owned company, this film was billed as a satire on the life of marcus garvey. 70 min. dvd x29; vhs video 999: 929
step children (1937) director oscar micheaux. film deals with a light - skinned african - american orphan who refuses to acknowledge her race. 65 min. 65 min. 999: 1148 credits and other information from the internet movie database
trever teaches the digital media arts program at eastern university of new mexico, roswell. students from the program worked on the project which was shot over five weeks during april and may of 2012 in dexter, hagerman and roswell as well as at bottomless lake state park in chaves county. the film was picked up for distribution by anchor bay .
congratulations to roswell filmmakers alan trever, carl lucas and crew. the two co - produced the rambler, which was selected as a sundance
park city at midnight
film and will be showing january 21st through january 25th at various locations in park city and salt lake city .
ghosts of mississippi (1996) directed by rob reiner. cast: alec baldwin, whoopi goldberg, james woods, craig t. nelson. for three decades myrlie evers waited and worked for the conviction of the white supremacist who murdered her husband, civil rights leader medgar evers. yet after two hung juries justice had not come. this film follows the final trial, carefully recreating the details of a relentless quest for justice. film features special appearances by three children of medgar evers, plus yoland king, the daughter of martin luther king, jr. 131 min. dvd 8979 credits and other information from the internet movie database
midnight shadow tyler - texas black film collection: the missing link in black cinema (1939) directed by george randol. cast: frances redd, john criner, richard bates, ollie ann robinson, clinton rosemond, buck woods. mr. wilson who owns texas land with oil on it is murdered and the deeds to the oil land stolen. two
bumbling
detectives, junior and lightfoot, investigate the murder by the
midnight shadow ,
seeking to clear their friend of murder. a film produced by blacks for black audiences. 54 min. vhs 999: 2594 credits and other information from the internet movie database
“the way it works, the sweeping historical epic, you put families divided by war, and [ place ] a romance story at the centre, ”says paul mcewan, who’s the author of a forthcoming book in the bfi classics series on the film. “that’s [ also ] what titanic is, that’s what most of those kinds of films are... and that’s how those still work to this day. ”
giles, mark .
the blood of jesus: timeless black values .
black camera - a micro journal of black film studies 15: 1 [ spring - summer 2000 ] p. 6 - 7 uc users only strecker, damien .
no laughing matter: spencer williams, jr.' s christian moral vision in
the blood of jesus
. black camera - a micro journal of black film studies 20: 2 [ fall - winter 2005 ] p. 6 - 7 uc users only
early attempts to censor the movie in the us at the time of its release were orchestrated by the newly formed national association for the advancement of colored people (naacp) .
tom mix was the star and writer of all the films he made in las vegas. his leading lady was the gifted actress victoria forde whom he married after leaving las vegas. oliver hardy (pre - stan laurel) came in july to appear in never again. there is some debate about the number of films selig made in vegas. the las vegas daily optic reported that only seven were made during their 5 - month stay, but they only identify four by name. film historians credit selig with producing anywhere from 11 to 46 films in las vegas, but the nm film office has only been able to identify 20. so, quien sabe ?
the final screening of the new mexico filmmakers showcase
best of category
was held at the santa fe university of art and design on december 12. thanks go out to lauren eichmann, and the film school at sfuad. the 2012 nm filmmakers showcase was held at the guild theater in albuquerque, october 11 - 14 and screened 37 films in 9 categories. the winning films from each category were taken around the state and shown in portales, grants, taos, las cruces and santa fe. thanks to all
since 2007, the new mexico film office made available an editing bay to new mexico filmmakers. in 2010, another bay was added. they include mac computers, digital tape decks, sound system, final cut pro 7, script writing and budgeting soft - ware. for the policies on using the editing bays and other details, contact dirk
“it [ also inaugurated ] the use of certain kinds of racial stereotypes which then became repeated again and again, right up until the 1960s and even beyond, ” says rice. as a case in point he cites a particular moment in the film that showed black lawmakers in south carolina “as certain bestial simians eating fried chicken and bananas, leering at white women in the galleries” .
noted as the directorial debut of matty rich (he was 19 when he made the film), this is the story of a young man desperate to get out of the brooklyn projects where he, his family and his friends live. he feels trapped there, surrounded by drugs and danger, so he and his friends pull a robbery to obtain the funds to take them out of brooklyn forever. 83 min .
to sir, with love (1966) directed by james clavell. cast: sidney poitier. a novice teacher faces a class of rowdy, undisciplined working - class punks in this classic film that reflected some of the problems and fears of teens in the 60' s. 105 min. dvd 4534 credits and other information from the internet movie database
regester, charlene .
stepin fetchit: the man, the image, and the african american press .
bronski, michael .
the return of the repressed: leo frank through the eyes of oscar micheaux .
cripps, thomas .
black music, white movies .
in: slow fade to black: the negro in american film, 1900 - 1942 / thomas cripps. oxford; new york: oxford university press, c1993. (morris, g .
thank god for uncle tom: race and religion collide in the green pastures .
bright lights films journal, february 2008 | issue 59 weisenfeld, judith .
' de lawd' a natchel man
: the green pastures in the american cultural imagination .
in: hollywood be thy name: african american religion in american film, 1929 - 1949 berkeley: university of california press, c2007. (main: pn1995. 9. n4 w45 2007) winokur, mark .
the green pastures as an allegory of accommodation: christ, race, and the all - black musical .
film & history 1995 25 (1 - 2): 6 - 16. uc users only
lady sings the blues (1972) director, sidney j. furie. cast: diana ross, billy dee williams, richard pryor, paul hampton. presents a film biography of the life of billie holliday, the performer known as
lady day
, one of america' s most loved and memorable blues singers. 144 min. dvd 4819 credits and other information from the internet movie database
mcewan sees the underlying story as deeply flawed. “the film argues that giving black people rights was a terrible, terrible error, that they did all sorts of horrible things that actually they didn’t do, and that the noble ku klux klan (kkk) was this wonderful saviour that saved america, ” he says. “it couldn’t be any more wrong. ”
gelder, rachel
passing and failing: reflections on the limitations of showing the passer in the human stain .
a raisin in the sun (1961) directed by daniel petrie. performers: sidney poitier, claudia mcneil, ruby dee. 1961 film based on the award - winning play about a struggling black family living on chicago' s south side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. each family member sees the bequest as the means of realizing dreams and of escape from grinding frustrations. based on the play: a raisin in the sun by lorraine hansberry. 128 min. dvd 9203; vhs video 999: 955 credits and other information from the internet movie database
separate but equal (1991) directed by george stevens jr. cast: sidney poitier, burt lancaster and richard kiley. this film depicts a small town in south carolina in the year 1950 as the issue of segregation between blacks and whites comes to a bitter, violent and courageous battle. 193 min. 999: 418 credits and other information from the internet movie database
miracle in harlem (1948) directed by jack saindlin. cast: hilda offay, sheila guyse, william greaves, kenneth freeman, stepin fetchit, savannah churchill. a sweet old woman who runs a candy manufacturing business out of her home with the help of her niece and a young divinity student, is swindled out of her business by a big businessman and his son, who has connections with the underworld. two murders follow in this suspenseful film that also has touches of humor. a film produced by blacks for black audiences. 80 min. dvd x4916; 999: 2630 credits and other information from the internet movie database
the birth of whiteness: race and the emergence of u. s. cinema
christian, laura .
fanon and the trauma of the cultural message .
ziegfeld follies (1946) directed by vincente minnelli. performer: fred astaire, lucille ball, lucille bremer, fanny brice, judy garland, kathryn grayson, lena horne, gene kelly, james melton, victor moore, red skelton, esther williams, william powell, edward arnold, marion bell, bunin' s puppets, cyd charisse, hume cronyn, william frawley, robert lewis, virginia o' brien, keenan wynn. a musical salute to broadway' s most opulent producer of stage reviews ,
the great ziegfeld
. features a sketch with judy garland and fred astaire in black - face. 118 min. dvd 5681; vhs 999: 3421 credits and other information from the internet movie database
the birth of a nation isn’t alone, there are other films that are considered works of art but also boast distressing content, such as german director leni riefenstahl’s 1935 film triumph of the will. it was beautifully shot, breaking new ground with its use of cinematography and music, but was major nazi propaganda. like the birth of a nation, it too has provoked considerable debate .
the attendant directed by isaac julien. cast: thomas baptiste, cleo sylvestre, john wilson. this film presents the inner fantasies of an older black married attendant at a museum, who is obsessed by images of his homosexual desires. in his fantasies, the paintings on the walls of his museums, including francois biard' s scene on the coast of africa, are transformed into very erotic images of men being bound and whipped. 8 min. c1993. dvd 9610 credits and other information from the internet movie database
frank, micheline klagsbrun .
unchained: perspectives on change .
journal of popular film & television. fall 1990. vol. 18, iss. 3; p. 122 (8 pages) uc users only kelley, samuel l. the evolution of character portrayals in the films of sidney poitier, 1950 - 1978 (news: microfiche. 6030. unit 98) keyser, lester j. the cinema of sidney poitier: the black man' s changing role on the american screen. san diego, [ calif. : a. s. barnes, c1980 (main: pn2287. p57. k4) lambert, gavin
the defiant ones
film quarterly, vol. 12, no. 1 (autumn, 1958), pp. 40 - 42 uc users only marill, alvin h. the films of sidney poitier secaucus, n. j. : citadel press, c1978. (main: pn2287. p57m3) spoto, donald. stanley kramer, film maker / donald spoto new york: putnam, c1978 (main (gardner) stacks pn1998. a3. k725 1978 )
“it absolutely does not, ” says white. “there are many works of art that have elements of them that people may find objectionable. it doesn’t necessarily change their aesthetic value, or doesn’t necessarily change the imagination or intelligence in them, ” he says. “the racist paradoxes of the birth of a nation [ are ones ] we have to live with, but we’re only fooling ourselves if we deny [ the film’s ] greatness. ”
the next film company to visit new mexico was the powers motion picture company (powers picture plays), headquartered in new york city. in 1911, powers sent a location company to alamogordo, las cruces, and to the cox san augustine ranch where they produced four westerns: brothers, the dude, fool' s gold, and mexican border defenders. the stock company of actors included soon - to - be stars gladys fields, leo herbert white (
the dude
), and jack o' brien .
professor rice also finds the specifics of the black man who’s lynched troubling. “he’s the black rapist figure who is the stereotype of the black man whose eyes are only for white women. this played deeply into the [ pervasive ] fear of miscegenation. ”
larrieux, stephanie .
the world, the flesh, and the devil: the politics of race, gender, and power in post - apocalyptic hollywood cinema .
the scarecrow trades jasper a handful of beans for his harmonica. jasper plants the beans and climbs up the resulting beanstalk and, at the top, finds a beautiful girl in a golden cage playing a golden harp. jasper rescues her from the scarecrow, brings her down the beanstalk, and spends the rest of his days dancing to the music his girlfriend plays on the harp .
dow, david r .
fictional documentaries and truthful fictions: the death penalty in recent american film .
constitutional commentary winter 2000 v17 i3 p511 ucb users only glenn, cerise l .
the power of black magic .
journal of black studies, vol. 40, no. 2, 135 - 152 (2009) uc users only hughey, matthew w .
cinethetic racism: white redemption and black stereotypes in
magical negro
films .
social problems august 2009, vol. 56, no. 3, pages 543–577 uc users only kehr, dave
the green mile
( movie review) film comment jan 2000 v36 i1 p77 maslin, janet
the walk on death row can seem very long .
( movie review) the new york times dec 10, 1999 pb25 (n) pe17 (l) col 3 (18 col in) williams, linda .
melodrama in black and white: uncle tom and the green mile .
film quarterly. 55 (2): 14 - 21. 2001 - 2002 winter uc users only
williams was an african american actor and filmmaker. he was best known for playing andy in the amos' n andy television show and for the directing the 1941 race film the blood of jesus. williams was a pioneer african - american film producer and director. music hath charms (short) (1929) vhs 999: 1770 oft in the night (short) (1929) vhs 999: 1770 dirty gertie from harlem u. s. a. (1936) (director; actor) dvd x4950 harlem rides the range (1939) dvd x4192; dvd x4870 bronze buckaroo (1939) dvd x1638; also dvd 4995 son of ingagi (1940) (director; actor) dvd x787; also dvd x1639 the blood of jesus (1941) (director; actor) dvd x1638 where is my man tonight? (aka. marching on! )
director, anthony harvey. cast: al freeman, shirley knight, frank lieberman, robert calvert, howard bennett. a film adaptation of the play of the same name by le roi jones (amiri baraka). deals with a white woman enticing, then humiliating and finally knifing a black man while they ride a subway train in new york city. 55 min .
. film historian silvio alovisio places him as part of turin’s intellectual circles, then abuzz with the futurist ideas that filippo marinetti proclaimed in his 1909 manifesto: a love of technology and speed, a belief in the cleansing power of war and violence, a disdain for the past, and call to destroy museums and libraries. marinetti might have been describing filibus herself when he wrote, “the essential elements of our poetry will be courage, audacity and revolt. ”
shaft in africa (1973) directed by john guillermin. cast: richard roundtree, vonetta mcgee, frank finlay, neda arneric, debebe eshetu. detective john shaft is persuaded by diplomats at the united nations to track down a slave - trading operation. he travels undercover from africa to france to catch a ring exploiting illegal immigrant labor. this is the third film in the shaft series. 112 min. dvd 9664 credits and other information from the internet movie database
over the years there have been efforts to ban the birth of a nation, however .
harris, keith m .
super bad: jim brown, blaxploitation, and the coming of boyz .
in: boys, boyz, bois: an ethics of black masculinity in film and popular media new york: routledge, 2006 (main stack pn1995. 9. n4. h37 2006) margolis, harriet .
stereotypical strategies: black film aesthetics, spectator positioning, and self - directed stereotypes in
hollywood shuffle
and
i' m gonna git you sucka
.
cinema journal, vol. 38, no. 3 (spring, 1999), pp. 50 - 66 uc users only
new jack city (1991) directed by mario van peebles. cast: wesley snipes, ice t, mario van peebles, judd nelson. gangster film about a young, rich, smart drug baron who thinks he' s untouchable, and the tough, street - smart cops determined to bring him down. 101 min. dvd x880 credits and other information from the internet movie database
bill
bojangles
robinson was an american tap dancer and actor of stage and film. audiences enjoyed his understated style, which eschewed the frenetic manner of the jitterbug in favor of cool and reserve; rarely did he use his upper body, relying instead on busy, inventive feet and an expressive face. a figure in both the black and white entertainment worlds of his era he is best known today for his dancing with shirley temple in a series of films during the 1930s .
go behind the scenes of the mission: impossible movies, check out the latest videos and trailers, and see which spy movies topped the box office in our mission: impossible guide .
souls of sin (1949) directed by powell lindsay. cast: william greaves, jimmy wright, emory richardson, billie allen, savannah churchill, powell lindsay. a musician from alabama moves into a small harlem flat with a gambler and an unemployed writer. the musician works his way into a successful job, but the gambler gets killed. the writer is then hired to write about the the gambler' s life and life in harlem. a film produced by blacks for a black audience. 65 min. dvd x4390; vhs 999: 2593 credits and other information from the internet movie database
daughters of the dust (1991) directed by julie dash. tells the story of a large african - american family as they prepare to move north at the dawn of the 20th century. explores the unique culture of the gullah people. 113 min. dvd 168; video 999: 887 credits and other information from the internet movie database
illusions (1983) directed by julie dash. cast: lonette mckee, rosanne katon, ned bellamy, jack radar. story takes place in 1942 and is about mignon dupree, a black woman studio executive who appears to be white, and ester jeeter, a black woman who is the singing voice for a white hollywood star. the film follows the struggles of the women as well as the use of motion picture films in hollywood during wartime. 34 min. dvd x2394; vhs video / c 999: 1365; also on video / c 3181 credits and other information from the internet movie database
coonskin (1975) written and directed by ralph bakshi. this outrageous, original film about the status of blacks in america is told with live - action and animation vignettes, the best of which are sly parodies of the stories from disney and uncle remus' song of the south and kim basinger' s cool world. this allegorical tale follows the exploits of a black rabbit who comes from the rural south to new york and ends up dealing drugs in harlem. released in 1974, it was accused of being racist and withdrawn by its distributor within a week of its release. 90 min. 999: 2144 credits and other information from the internet movie database
the great divide is a 1915 silent film drama produced by the lubin manufacturing company and starring ethel clayton . it is based on the 1906 stage play , the great divide , by william vaughn moody . a print exists in the british film institute ( bfi ) . 
the great divide is a 1915 silent film drama produced by the lubin manufacturing company and starring ethel clayton. it is based on the 1906 stage play, the great divide, by william vaughn moody. a print exists in the british film institute (bfi).
the great divide is a 1915 silent film drama produced by the lubin manufacturing company and starring ethel clayton. it is based on the 1906 stage play, the great divide, by william vaughn moody. a print exists in the british film institute (bfi).