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Author:

Baker, Christina N., author.

Title:

Contemporary Black women filmmakers and the art of resistance / Christina N. Baker.

Publisher:

The Ohio State University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xii, 195 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Women, Black, in motion pictures.
African American women motion picture producers and directors.
Women, Black.
Blacks--Race identity.
Womanism.
Feminism.
African American women motion picture producers and directors.
Blacks--Race identity.
Feminism.
Womanism.
Women, Black.
Women, Black, in motion pictures.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-189) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : Becoming visible -- Unicorns : Black women filmmakers -- Work as passion : Love & basketball and Beyond the lights -- Y'all are my children : Eve's bayou and Night catches us -- Rebellious love : Middle of nowhere and Pariah -- Transformative beauty -- Appendices. Appendix A : Narrative feature films by Black women -- Appendix B : Tanya Hamilton interview -- Appendix C : Kasi Lemmons interview -- Appendix D : Gina Prince-Bythewood interview.

Summary:

"An analysis of the films of Black women directors--including Ava DuVernay, Tanya Hamilton, Dee Rees, Kasi Lemmons, and Gina Prince-Bythewood--the book examines how contemporary Black women filmmakers engage in acts of resistance through their filmmaking, using a theoretical lens at the intersection of Black feminism and womanism"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Black performance and cultural criticism

ISBN:

0814254993
9780814254998
0814213820
9780814213827

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1028907344

LCCN:

2018022022

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)