Reel Black Talk: A Sourcebook of 50 American Filmmakers
- ISBN-10
- 0313298300
- ISBN-13
- 9780313298301
- Category
- Performing Arts / Film / General
- Pages
- 396
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group
- Author
- Spencer Moon
Description
The first book by an African American on contemporary African American filmmakers; here directors and producers speak for themselves and pose challenges to current thinking in the field.
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- 1997-09-23
- 416 pages
- Ebook
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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