{"product_id":"trying-to-get-over-keith-corson-9781477309087","title":"Trying to Get Over: African American Directors After Blaxploitation, 1977-1986","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom 1972 to 1976, Hollywood made an unprecedented number of films targeted at black audiences. But following this era known as \"blaxploitation,\" the momentum suddenly reversed for black filmmakers, and a large void separates the end of blaxploitation from the black film explosion that followed the arrival of Spike Lee's \u003ci\u003eShe's Gotta Have It\u003c\/i\u003e in 1986. Illuminating an overlooked era in African American film history, \u003ci\u003eTrying to Get Over\u003c\/i\u003e is the first in-depth study of black directors working during the decade between 1977 and 1986.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeith Corson provides a fresh definition of blaxploitation, lays out a concrete reason for its end, and explains the major gap in African American representation during the years that followed. He focuses primarily on the work of eight directors--Michael Schultz, Sidney Poitier, Jamaa Fanaka, Fred Williamson, Gilbert Moses, Stan Lathan, Richard Pryor, and Prince--who were the only black directors making commercially distributed films in the decade following the blaxploitation cycle. Using the careers of each director and the twenty-four films they produced during this time to tell a larger story about Hollywood and the shifting dialogue about race, power, and access, Corson shows how these directors are a key part of the continuum of African American cinema and how they have shaped popular culture over the past quarter century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Keith Corson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 147730908X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477309087\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Keith Corson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935565349119,"sku":"9781477309087","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3b6462a6-9757-4c3f-b353-6bc17877c187.jpg?v=1681420541","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/trying-to-get-over-keith-corson-9781477309087","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}