{"product_id":"colorization-one-hundred-years-of-black-films-in-a-white-world-paperback","title":"Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWil Haygood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor decades, representation of the Black experience in films has been marginalized, stifled, inaccurate, and inadequate. In \u003ci\u003eColorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World, \u003c\/i\u003e now available in paperback, cultural historian Wil Haygood places the Black experience in the foreground and examines the struggles and triumphs of Black actors and filmmakers as a window into Black culture, civil rights, and racism in America. This all-encompassing study provides an unprecedented look at the history of Black cinema in a white-dominated industry--from Hollywood's first blockbuster \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBirth of a Nation (1915)\u003c\/i\u003e, which glorifies the Ku Klux Klan, to \u003ci\u003eGone with the Wind \u003c\/i\u003e(1939), \u003ci\u003e Imitation of Life \u003c\/i\u003e(1959), \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ethe Blaxploitation films of the seventies, and contemporary films such as Do The Right Thing (1989), 12 \u003ci\u003eYears a Slave (2013), \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Black Panther \u003c\/i\u003e(2018).\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eFeaturing a powerful new preface that addresses Black filmmakers' ongoing fight for inclusion and the continuing need for cinema to tell more compelling stories about being Black in America, this important, timely volume provides an exceptional history and groundbreaking perspective of Black cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eWil Haygood \u003c\/b\u003eis a former reporter for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, where he was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist. In 2022 he received the Dayton Literary Peace Prize's Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award. Haygood also wrote the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller, \u003ci\u003eThe Butler: A Witness to History\u003c\/i\u003e. Haygood is currently serving as Boadway Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at his alma mater, Miami University, Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 470\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.2 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460339613874,"sku":"9780813199382","price":45.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/TRRMaiXXBB9780813199382.webp?v=1782955041","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/colorization-one-hundred-years-of-black-films-in-a-white-world-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}