Black Women Directors (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781978813342)

Black women have long recognized the power of film for storytelling. For far too long, however, the cultural and historical narratives about film have not accounted for the contributions of Black women directors. This book remedies this omission by highlighting the trajectory of the culturally significant work of Black women directors in the United States, from the under-examined pioneers of the silent era, to the documentarians who sought to highlight the voices and struggles of Black women, and the contemporary Black women directors in Hollywood. Applying a Black feminist perspective, this book examines the ways that Black women filmmakers have made a way for themselves and their work by resisting the dominant cultural expectations for Black women and for the medium of film, as a whole.


Author: Christina N. Baker
ISBN-10: 1978813341
ISBN-13: 9781978813342
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/18/2022
Pages: 174
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.10h x 4.60w x 0.60d