|
Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film theory & criticism
|
Buy Now
A Long, Long Way - Hollywood's Unfinished Journey from Racism to Reconciliation (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R649
Discovery Miles 6 490
You Save: R81
(11%)
|
|
|
A Long, Long Way - Hollywood's Unfinished Journey from Racism to Reconciliation (Hardcover)
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
From the beginning, American cinema has been both a powerful
mythmaker and a social critic. D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation,
arguably the first feature film, shows us just how early in its
history cinema had established its influence. In 1915 it was the
first movie to be screened at the White House. After the screening,
President Woodrow Wilson is rumored to have said, "It's like
history writ with lightning. And my only regret is that it is all
terribly true." Birth of a Nation famously portrayed the Klu Klux
Klan in a favorable light, a portrayal that contributed to the
modern resurgence of the group and brought racist depictions of
African Americans imported from the minstrel show to the silver
screen. Such white fantasies of black American life have played out
on our movie screens for the last century. In response, filmmakers
of color have created nuanced and indelible portraits of race, as
in Ava DuVernay's Selma or Barry Jenkin's Moonlight. Spike Lee's
BlacKkKlansman shows us just how far into our culture Birth of a
Nation has reached. In this powerful new book, Greg Garrett brings
his signature brand of theologically motivated cultural criticism
to bear on this history. After more than a century of cinema, he
argues, movies have altered our cultural perspectives in the same
way that religious narratives have. And in fact, religious
traditions offer powerful correctives to our cultural narratives. A
Long, Long Way incorporates both cinematic and religious
truth-telling to the subject of race and reconciliation. In
acknowledging the racist history of America's national art form,
Garrett offers the possibility of hope for the future.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
