Classified X [videorecording] / La Sept ARTE, Les Films d'Ici, Ecoutez Voir, Yeah Inc. in association with Channel Four ; a film by Melvin Van Peebles.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
WinStar Home Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
1998
Description:
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Videodisc release of a motion picture originally produced in 1997. Narrator: Melvin Van Peebles.
Summary:
Examines the treatment of black characters throughout the history of American cinema, using examples from classic films beginning with footage by Thomas Edison in 1903 to the present, tracing how Hollywood has aided and abetted the public perception of the African-American. From its earliest days, Hollywood reflected society's fear of blacks and countered with wish-fulfilling images of African-Americans as servile, ignorant, superstitious, or untrustworthy.
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