{"product_id":"kasi-lemmons-christina-baker-9781496831699","title":"Kasi Lemmons: Interviews","description":"Beginning with her critically acclaimed independent feature film \u003ci\u003eEve's Bayou\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), writer-director Kasi Lemmons's mission has been to push the boundaries that exist in Hollywood. With \u003ci\u003eEve's Bayou\u003c\/i\u003e, her first feature film, Lemmons (b. 1961) accomplished the rare feat of creating a film that was critically successful and one of the highest-grossing independent films of the year. Moreover, the cultural impact of \u003ci\u003eEve's Bayou\u003c\/i\u003e endures, and in 2018 the film was added to the Library of Congress's National Film Registry as a culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant film. Lemmons's directing credits also include \u003ci\u003eThe Caveman's Valentine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTalk to Me\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Nativity\u003c\/i\u003e, and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eHarriet\u003c\/i\u003e, making Lemmons one of the most prolific and long-standing women directors in Hollywood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As a Black woman filmmaker and a self-proclaimed Black feminist, Lemmons breaks the mold of what is expected of a filmmaker in Hollywood. She began her career in Hollywood as an actor, with roles in numerous television series and high-profile films, including Spike Lee's \u003ci\u003eSchool Daze\u003c\/i\u003e and Jonathan Demme's Academy Award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Silence of the Lambs\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This volume collects fifteen interviews that illuminate Lemmons's distinctive ability to challenge social expectations through film and actualize stories that broaden expectations of cinematic Black femaleness and maleness. The interviews reveal Lemmons's passion to create art through film, intimately linked to her mission to protest culturally and structurally imposed limitations and push the boundaries imposed by Hollywood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christina Baker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496831691\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496831699\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/28\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/26\/2020","brand":"Christina Baker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43942818349311,"sku":"9781496831699","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_29dc3994-0402-47e9-9bda-267242b27f68.jpg?v=1681494535","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kasi-lemmons-christina-baker-9781496831699","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}