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Envisioning Freedom: Cinema and the Building of Modern Black Life Cara Caddoo
Envisioning Freedom: Cinema and the Building of Modern Black Life
Cara Caddoo
In Cara Caddoo’s perspective-changing study, African Americans emerge as pioneers of cinema from the 1890s to 1920s. But as it gained popularity, black cinema also became controversial. Black leaders demanded self-representation and an end to cinematic mischaracterizations which, they charged, violated the civil rights of African Americans.
280 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 13, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9780674368057 |
| Publishers | Harvard University Press |
| Pages | 304 |
| Dimensions | 236 × 162 × 26 mm · 572 g |
| Language | English |