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Documenting the Black Experience - by Novotny Lawrence (Paperback)

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  • History taught at the elementary, middle, high school and even college levels often excludes significant events from African American history, such as the murder of Emmett Till or the murder of four black girls by the Ku Klux Klan in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham.
  • About the Author: Novotny Lawrence is an associate professor of cinema and media studies at Indiana University and the editor-in-chief of The Journal of Popular Culture.
  • 280 Pages
  • Social Science, Ethnic Studies

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History taught at the elementary, middle, high school and even college levels often excludes significant events from African American history, such as the murder of Emmett Till or the murder of four black girls by the Ku Klux Klan in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham. Such events are integral parts of history that continue to inform America's racial politics. Their exclusion is a problem that this work addresses by bringing more visibility to documentary films focusing on the events.
Books treating the history of documentary films follow a similar pattern, omitting the efforts of filmmakers who have continued to focus on African American history. This book works to make documentary discourse more complete, bringing attention to films that cover the African American experience in four areas--civil rights, sports, electronic media, and the contemporary black struggle--demonstrating how the issues continue to inform America's racial politics.



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History taught at the elementary, middle, high school and even college levels often excludes significant events from African American history, such as the murder of Emmett Till or the murder of four black girls by the Ku Klux Klan in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham. Such events are integral parts of history that continue to inform America's racial politics. Their exclusion is a problem that this work addresses by bringing more visibility to documentary films focusing on the events.

Books treating the history of documentary films follow a similar pattern, omitting the efforts of filmmakers who have continued to focus on African American history. This book works to make documentary discourse more complete, bringing attention to films that cover the African American experience in four areas--civil rights, sports, electronic media, and the contemporary black struggle--demonstrating how the issues continue to inform America's racial politics.



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"Bridging the gap between often ignored black history and documentary film Novotny Lawrence brings together insightful articles from academics and practicing filmmakers. An overdue and much-needed anthology for the fields of documentary and black studies."--Christine Acham, University of Southern California; "Lawrence presents a collection of straightforward essays on non-narrative cinema that documents pivotal moments in the African American struggle for civil rights. From its account of The Scottsboro Boys' case to the discussion of Jack Johnson in Unforgivable Blackness, to the analysis of Shirley Clarke's avant-garde character study, A Portrait of Jason, this volume calls attention to several important, but lesser known, films made in the documentary tradition. It will make a useful addition to classrooms and everyday conversations in which we try to reconstruct the tragedy and trials faced by historical subjects like Emmett Till and Dorothy Dandridge, or the difficulties faced by young people growing up in violent neighborhoods."--Mia Mask, Vassar College, author of Divas on Screen: Black Women in American Film.



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Novotny Lawrence is an associate professor of cinema and media studies at Indiana University and the editor-in-chief of The Journal of Popular Culture. His research primarily centers on African American cinematic and mediated experiences, race, and popular culture. He has authored a book and co-edited an anthology on Blaxploitation Cinema and has also has published journal articles and book chapters on Black Dynamite and parody, African American religious iconography in Good Times, C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America, and the Blaxploitation-themed film, Detroit 9000.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.9 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .8 Inches (D)
Weight: .83 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 280
Genre: Social Science
Sub-Genre: Ethnic Studies
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Theme: African American Studies
Format: Paperback
Author: Novotny Lawrence
Language: English
Street Date: November 7, 2014
TCIN: 1008494558
UPC: 9780786472673
Item Number (DPCI): 247-10-3824
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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