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Why are there so few Black filmmakers who control their own work? Why are there scarcely any Black women behind the camera? What happens to Black filmmakers whe

A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' TOP BOOK OF THE YEAR • BOOKLISTS' EDITOR'S CHOICE • ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “At once a film book, a history book, and

Looks at the history of Black filmmakers, and shows how the motion picture industry controls and influences Black films

In Black City Cinema, Paula Massood shows how popular films reflected the massive social changes that resulted from the Great Migration of African Americans fro

The whitewashing of roles in films and the lack of representation at awards shows such as the Oscars are only two of the career obstacles African American actor