General & Miscellaneous African American History, Peoples & Cultures in Film

Blackface

Name: Blackface
Author: George Nelson
ISBN: 9780060926588

by George Nelson

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Overview

A challenging look at the roles and images of African-Americans in film from the point of view of an African-American film producer and writer who grew up with those images during the '60s and '70s.

"A textured personal exploration."
--Kirkus Reviews

About the Author, George Nelson

Nelson George is the pre-eminent African-American pop journalist of his generation. He has written for the New York Times, the Village Voice, Rolling Stone, and Billboard, and is the author of several books, including Hip Hop America, and screenplays. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Booklist

By his admission, 'more a memoir than a critique,' George's account is filled with keen observations and sharp analyses of the development of black cinema.

Los Angeles Times

In the past decade, African-American- inspired or produced films have gone from sporadic oddities to regular features of our cinematic landscape. Nelson George's behind-the-scenes look at the people and films that prompted this transformation is what makes his Blackface… so fascinating.