Contemporary Black women filmmakers and the art of resistance /
Baker, Christina N.,
Contemporary Black women filmmakers and the art of resistance / Christina N. Baker. - xii, 195 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Black performance and cultural criticism. . - Black performance and cultural criticism. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-189) and index.
Unicorns: Black women filmmakers -- Work as passion: Love & basketball and Beyond the lights -- Y'all are my children: Eve's bayou and Night catches us -- Rebellious love: Middle of nowhere and Pariah -- Transformative beauty.
"An analysis of the films of Black women directors--including Ava DuVernay, Tanya Hamilton, Dee Rees, Kasi Lemmons, and Gina Prince-Bythewood--the book examines how contemporary Black women filmmakers engage in acts of resistance through their filmmaking, using a theoretical lens at the intersection of Black feminism and womanism"--
0814213820 0814254993 9780814213827 9780814254998
2018022022
African American women motion picture producers and directors.
Blacks--Race identity.
Feminism.
Womanism.
Women, Black, in motion pictures.
Women, Black.
PN1995.9.N4 / B35 2018
Contemporary Black women filmmakers and the art of resistance / Christina N. Baker. - xii, 195 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Black performance and cultural criticism. . - Black performance and cultural criticism. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-189) and index.
Unicorns: Black women filmmakers -- Work as passion: Love & basketball and Beyond the lights -- Y'all are my children: Eve's bayou and Night catches us -- Rebellious love: Middle of nowhere and Pariah -- Transformative beauty.
"An analysis of the films of Black women directors--including Ava DuVernay, Tanya Hamilton, Dee Rees, Kasi Lemmons, and Gina Prince-Bythewood--the book examines how contemporary Black women filmmakers engage in acts of resistance through their filmmaking, using a theoretical lens at the intersection of Black feminism and womanism"--
0814213820 0814254993 9780814213827 9780814254998
2018022022
African American women motion picture producers and directors.
Blacks--Race identity.
Feminism.
Womanism.
Women, Black, in motion pictures.
Women, Black.
PN1995.9.N4 / B35 2018