Celluloid chains : slavery in the Americas through film /

This multiauthor volume seeks to show how slavery in the Transatlantic World has been depicted in a hundred years of film production in the Americas. Rather than emphasizing North American films exclusively, the editors and authors seek to create a dialogic relationship between various filmmakers ma...

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Other Authors: Alcocer, Rudyard (Editor), Block, Kristen (Editor), Duke, Dawn, 1965- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:This multiauthor volume seeks to show how slavery in the Transatlantic World has been depicted in a hundred years of film production in the Americas. Rather than emphasizing North American films exclusively, the editors and authors seek to create a dialogic relationship between various filmmakers making movies in and about different countries in the hemisphere. Each contributor concentrates on one film.
Physical Description:xlii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781621903277
1621903273