color-coded economics and the story behind the numbers /
Monica White Ndounou.
New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
2013.
1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes filmography.
Introduction: the color of Hollywood: black, white or green? -- Finding freedom on stage and screen. The plantation lives! -- Insurrection!: African American film's revolutionary potential through black theatre -- Black pathology sells: books and films -- Playing with fire: black women's literature/white box office -- A breaking the chains of history and genre -- It' not just business: color-coded economics and original films -- The paradox of branding, black star power, and box office politics -- Big business: hip hop gangsta films and black comedies -- Conclusion: the story behind the numbers.
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Through analysis of the production, funding, and content of thousands of films featuring African Americans in leading and supporting roles, Monica White Ndounou reveals the process of history and film development where race-based economics and the politics of distribution hamstring the making, the expression, and the creative freedom of films about, by, or for people of color.
JSTOR
22573/ctt6hrx0w
Shaping the future of African American film
9780813562568
African American motion picture producers and directors.
African Americans in motion pictures.
African Americans in the motion picture industry.
Motion picture industry-- United States-- Finance.
Motion pictures-- Economic aspects-- United States.
African American motion picture producers and directors.