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- Title
Tracing a Community of Practice: A Database of Early African American Race Film.
- Authors
CIFOR, MARIKA; GIRMA, HANNA; LAM, WILLIAM; NORMAN, SHANYA; POSNER, MIRIAM; CONTRERAS, KARLA; YOSHIOKA, GRACE
- Abstract
The article focuses on several aspects of building a comprehensive database of the early African American race film industry from 1905 to 1930. It mentions that films designed for African American audiences could be shown only in certain theaters or at certain times or in nontheatrical settings and were exhibited to racially segregated audiences. It also mentions that secondary literature includes films containing white actors performing in blackface designed for white audiences.
- Subjects
RACE films; MOTION pictures; AFRICAN American motion pictures; MOTION picture screenings; BLACKFACE entertainers in motion pictures
- Publication
Moving Image (15323978), 2017, Vol 17, Issue 2, p101
- ISSN
1532-3978
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5749/movingimage.17.2.0101