Contemporary Black women filmmakers and the art of resistance /
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 o...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Columbus :
Ohio State University Press,
[2018]
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| Series: | Black performance and cultural criticism.
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 195 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-189) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814213827 0814213820 9780814254998 0814254993 |