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Overview
... Uncut, Unfiltered Racism',” HuffPost, June 30, 2014, https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/dothe-right-thing ... Cannes Do: Why Spike Lee Nixed 'Do The Right Thing' Silver Anniversary for Black Fest Fete,” Deadline.com, May 13 ...Synopsis
The American cinema is one of the great myth-making machines of the last century and has been used to craft defining narratives of race. Films like Birth of a Nation and Gone with the Wind have promoted racist stereotypes and films like Get Out and BlacKkKlansman have worked to tear those same stereotypes down. Greg Garrett's new book suggests that looking to religious traditions can help us discern and correct our national narratives of race and ultimately lead to reconciliation in a meaningful and lasting way.Book Details
Published
May 4, 2020
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pages
257
ISBN
9780190906276