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TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOREWORD PREFACE INTRODUCTION REBIRTH THE STEREOTYPE LITERATURE REVIEW CHAPTER DESCRIPTIONS RACE AND REPRESENTATION IN THE CLASSICAL STYLE THE CLASSICAL HOLLYWOOD CINEMA EARLY IMAGES OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN AMERICAN CINEMA THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF BLAXPLOITATION WE SHALL OVERCOME A STAR IS DYING: SIDNEY POITIER AND THE DEATH OF UNCLE TOM THE BIG BREAK AND A HERO NAMED SWEETBACK THE GREAT FLOOD CASHING IN AND SELLING OUT I SEE DEATH AROUND THE CORNER DO THE RIGHT THING REVISITED THE CHECK IS IN THE MAIL PRE-PRODUCTION, FILM TRADE UNIONS, AND DOING THE RIGHT THING DO THE RIGHT THING MEETS THE PRESS CHECK THE GATE: BLACK CINEMA AT THE CROSSROADS DOES WE STILL HAVE TO SHUFFLE? RE-THINKING A BLACK FILM AESTHETIC APPENDIX A APPENDIX B APPENDIX C BIBLIOGRAPHY
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: African Americans in motion pictures