Word: cinema
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Last year, Lee taught Afro-American Studies 182, "Contemporary African American Cinema," which he will teach again this term...
...what may become something of an annual ritual, students are expected to crowd the Science Center tomorrow to catch a glimpse of the famous director, screenwriter and actor as he delivers introductory lectures for courses on modern cinema and creative screenwriting...
...CINEMA: Princess of Our Dreams...
...extensive collection of posters in A Separate Cinema includes many for movies that have since been lost, for re-makes of original films, and for foreign movies starring African-American actors. Most are accompanied by a passage explaining their significance. There are six distinct versions of Uncle Tom's Cabin, including one for cartoonist Tex Avery's "Uncle Tom's Cabana" in which, it is ironically pointed out, "liberties taken with the original story permit Uncle Tom to be run over with a steamroller and cut in half with a sawmill blade...
...Separate Cinema is a running illustration and commentary on the role of African-Americans in film both in the United States and abroad. Donald Bogle's introduction in itself is an invaluable encapsulation of the history, and these rare posters strikingly show the development of images of race and race relations as well as the continuing interplay between the so-called mainstream and marginal in American culture...