Contemporary Black women filmmakers and the art of resistance /
Christina N. Baker.
- xii, 195 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Black performance and cultural criticism. .
- Black performance and cultural criticism. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-189) and index.
Unicorns: Black women filmmakers -- Work as passion: Love & basketball and Beyond the lights -- Y'all are my children: Eve's bayou and Night catches us -- Rebellious love: Middle of nowhere and Pariah -- Transformative beauty.
"An analysis of the films of Black women directors--including Ava DuVernay, Tanya Hamilton, Dee Rees, Kasi Lemmons, and Gina Prince-Bythewood--the book examines how contemporary Black women filmmakers engage in acts of resistance through their filmmaking, using a theoretical lens at the intersection of Black feminism and womanism"--
0814213820 0814254993 9780814213827 9780814254998
2018022022
African American women motion picture producers and directors. Blacks--Race identity. Feminism. Womanism. Women, Black, in motion pictures. Women, Black.