Format:
5 DVD-Videos (1107 min + Extras) :
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schwarz-weiß/teilweise farbig ;
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1 Beiheft (76 Seiten : Illustrationen)
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12 cm
Note:
Bildformat gemischt. - Newly restored collection of rare and nearly forgotten films from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940. - Original: USA 1915-1978. - Extras: An introduction (7 min) ; The films of Oscar Micheaux (9 min) ; The color line (5 min) ; Ten nights in a bar room: an introduction (4 min) ; About the restoration (8 min) ; Religion in early African-America cinema (7 min) ; Eleven P.M.: an introduction (3 min) ; S. Torriano Berry discusses the works of James and Eloyce Gist (5 min) ; Veiled aristocrats trailer (4 min) ; Birthright trailer (4 min) ; Tyler-Texas Black Film Collection (1985, 6 min) ; The films of Zora Neale Hurston (2 min) ; The films of Spencer Williams (7 min) ; The end of an era (5 min) ; Fully illustrated 76-page book with essays, photographs and film credits. - Among the most fascinating chapters in film history is that of the so-called race films which flourished between the 1920s and 1940s. Unlike the Black cast films produced within Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were also funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of colour. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart from the Hollywood establishment, cultivating visual and narrative styles that were uniquely their own. Previously circulated in poor-quality 16 mm print, these digitally restored presentations allow modern audiences to witness the legacies of Oscar Micheaux, Spencer Williams, Zora Neale Hurston and James and Eloyce Gist with fresh eyes. These pioneers of African-American cinema were truly innovative
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Two knights of Vaudeville (1915) ; A reckless rover (1918) ; Within our gates (1920) ; The symbol of the unconquered: a story of the Ku Klux Klan (1920) ; By right of birth (1921) ; Body and soul (1925) ; Screen snapshots (1920) ; Regeneration - fragment of Reel two (1923) ; The flying ace (1926) ; Ten nights in a bar room (1926); Reverend S.S. Jones home movies (1924-1928); The scar of shame (1929); Eleven P.M. (1928); Hell-bound train (circa 1930); Verdict: not guilty (circa 1933) ; The darktown revue (1931) ; The exile (1931) ; Hot biskits (1931) ; The girl from Chicago (1932) ; Ten minutes to live (1932) ; Veiled aristocrats (1932) ; Birthright (1938) ; The Bronze Buckaroo (1939) ; Zora Neale Hurston fieldwork footage (1928) ; Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, (May 1940) ; The blood of Jesus (1941) ; Dirty Gertie from Harlem, U.S.A. (1946) ; Moses Sisters interview (circa 1978)
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Sprachfassung: Englisch
Language:
English
Subjects:
American Studies
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General works
Keywords:
Schwarze
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Rassismus
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Stummfilm
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Kurzfilm
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Film
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DVD-Video
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Film
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DVD-Video
Author information:
Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
Author information:
Hurston, Zora Neale, 1891-1960
