Monica White Ndounou

Shaping the Future of African American Film

Color-Coded Economics and the Story Behind the Numbers

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Produktbeschreibung

What if the economics that governs film production is so skewed that no film by, about, or for people of colour will ever look like a worthy investment unless it follows specific racial or gender patterns? This, Monica Ndounou shows us, is precisely the case. In a work as revealing about the culture of filmmaking as it is about the distorted economics of African American film, Ndounou clearly traces the insidious connections between history, content, and cash in black films.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780813562568
• ISBN-10: 0813562562
• Artikelnr.: 40623181

Autorenporträt

Monica White Ndounou

Inhaltsangabe

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