{"product_id":"kasi-lemmons-interviews-hardcover","title":"Kasi Lemmons: Interviews - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristina Baker\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning with her critically acclaimed independent feature film \u003ci\u003eEve's Bayou\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), writer-director Kasi Lemmons's mission has been to push the boundaries that exist in Hollywood. With \u003ci\u003eEve's Bayou\u003c\/i\u003e, her first feature film, Lemmons (b. 1961) accomplished the rare feat of creating a film that was critically successful and one of the highest-grossing independent films of the year. Moreover, the cultural impact of \u003ci\u003eEve's Bayou\u003c\/i\u003e endures, and in 2018 the film was added to the Library of Congress's National Film Registry as a culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant film. Lemmons's directing credits also include \u003ci\u003eThe Caveman's Valentine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTalk to Me\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Nativity\u003c\/i\u003e, and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eHarriet\u003c\/i\u003e, making Lemmons one of the most prolific and long-standing women directors in Hollywood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As a Black woman filmmaker and a self-proclaimed Black feminist, Lemmons breaks the mold of what is expected of a filmmaker in Hollywood. She began her career in Hollywood as an actor, with roles in numerous television series and high-profile films, including Spike Lee's \u003ci\u003eSchool Daze\u003c\/i\u003e and Jonathan Demme's Academy Award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Silence of the Lambs\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This volume collects fifteen interviews that illuminate Lemmons's distinctive ability to challenge social expectations through film and actualize stories that broaden expectations of cinematic Black femaleness and maleness. The interviews reveal Lemmons's passion to create art through film, intimately linked to her mission to protest culturally and structurally imposed limitations and push the boundaries imposed by Hollywood.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristina N. Baker\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of critical race and ethnic studies at University of California, Merced. She is author of \u003ci\u003eContemporary Black Women Filmmakers and the Art of Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e, the first book-length analysis of representations of Black femaleness in the feature films of Black women filmmakers. Her work has been published in such journals as \u003ci\u003eSex Roles: A Journal of Research\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSocial Psychology of Education\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eJournal of College Student Development\u003c\/i\u003e; the \u003ci\u003eUrban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eWomen, Gender, and Families of Color\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 28, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47413881372850,"sku":"9781496831682","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/38b1095d25c2926860bf419b9c9452b6.webp?v=1778361958","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/kasi-lemmons-interviews-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}