TY  - BOOK
AU  - Erigha,Maryann
TI  - The Hollywood Jim Crow: the racial politics of the movie industry 
SN  - 9781479816644
AV  - PN1995 .H655 2019
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York
PB  - New York University Press
KW  - African American motion picture producers and directors
KW  - African Americans in the motion picture industry
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Introduction --; Hollywood's racial logic --; Labeling black unbankable --; Directing on the margins --; Making genre ghettos --; Manufacturing racial stigma --; Remaking cinema --; Conclusion; 2; b
N2  - The #OscarsSoWhite campaign, and the content of the leaked Sony emails which revealed, among many other things, that a powerful Hollywood insider didn't believe that Denzel Washington could 'open' a western genre film, provide glaring evidence that the opportunities for people of color in Hollywood are limited. In this work, the author tells the story of inequality, looking at the practices and biases that limit the production and circulation of movies directed by racial minorities. This book examines over 1,300 contemporary films, specifically focusing on directors, to show the key elements at work in maintaining 'the Hollywood Jim Crow'
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