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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baker, Christina N. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [2018]
Series:Black performance and cultural criticism.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.