{"product_id":"soul-searching-christopher-sieving-9780819571335","title":"Soul Searching: Black-Themed Cinema from the March on Washington to the Rise of Blaxploitation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn engrossing look at black-themed films in pre-blaxploitation Hollywood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sixties were a tremendously important time of transition for both civil rights activism and the U.S. film industry. Soul Searching examines a subject that, despite its significance to African American film history, has gone largely unexplored until now. By revisiting films produced between the march on Washington in 1963 and the dawn of the \"blaxploitation\" movie cycle in 1970, Christopher Sieving reveals how race relations influenced black-themed cinema before it was recognized as commercially viable by the major studios. The films that are central to this book--Gone Are the Days (1963), The Cool World (1964), The Confessions of Nat Turner (never produced), Uptight (1968), and The Landlord (1970)--are all ripe for reevaluation and newfound appreciation. Soul Searching is essential reading for anyone interested in the politics and cultural movements of the 1960s, cinematic trends like blaxploitation and the American \"indie film\" explosion, or black experience and its many facets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Sieving\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0819571334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780819571335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wesleyan University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.19w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2011","brand":"Christopher Sieving","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926499590399,"sku":"9780819571335","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_39477b8a-ebb8-47db-b207-fb8092d1973f.jpg?v=1681083417","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/soul-searching-christopher-sieving-9780819571335","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}