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The A to Z of African American Cinema (Paperback, Rev Ed)
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The A to Z of African American Cinema (Paperback, Rev Ed)
Series: The A to Z Guide Series
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On 4 July, 1910, in 100-degree heat at an outdoor boxing ring near
Reno, Nevada, film cameras recorded-and thousands of fans
witnessed-former heavyweight champion Jim Jeffries' reluctant
return from retirement to fight Jack Johnson, a black man. After 14
grueling rounds, Johnson knocked out Jeffries and for the first
time in history, there was a black heavyweight champion of the
world. At least 10 people lost their lives because of Johnson's
victory and hundreds more were injured due to white retaliation and
wild celebrations in the streets. Public screenings received
instantaneous protests and hundreds of cities barred the film from
being shown. Congress even passed a law making it a federal offense
to transport moving pictures of prizefights across state lines, and
thus the most powerful portrayal of a black man ever recorded on
film was made virtually invisible. This is but one of the hundreds
of films covered in The A to Z of African American Cinema, which
includes everything from The Birth of a Nation to Crash. In
addition to the films, brief biographies of African American actors
and actresses such as Sidney Poitier, James Earl Jones, Halle
Berry, Eddie Murphy, Whoopi Goldberg, Denzel Washington, and Jamie
Foxx can be found in this reference. Through a chronology, a list
of acronyms and abbreviations, an introductory essay, a
bibliography, appendixes, black-&-white photos, and hundreds of
cross-referenced dictionary entries on actors, actresses, movies,
producers, organizations, awards, film credits, and terminology,
this book provides a better understanding of the role African
Americans played in film history.
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