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Contemporary Black women filmmakers and the art of resistance / Christina N. Baker.

By: Series: Black performance and cultural criticismPublisher: Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: xii, 195 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0814213820
  • 0814254993
  • 9780814213827
  • 9780814254998
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.N4 B35 2018
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks PN1995.9 .N4 B35 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001483931

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"-- Provided by publisher.

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