Black Directors in Hollywood

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Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Introduction......Page 16
CHAPTER ONE: The Pathmakers: Gordon Parks, Melvin Van Peebles......Page 24
CHAPTER TWO: The Visionary Actors: Ossie Davis, Sidney Poitier......Page 40
CHAPTER THREE: Black Urban Action Films and Mainstream Images: Gordon Parks Jr., Ivan Dixon, Fred Williamson, Hugh A. Robertson, Ron O\'Neal, Gilbert Moses, Raymond St. Jacques......Page 60
CHAPTER FOUR: Black Sensibilities and Mainstream Images: Berry Gordy Jr., Stan Lathan, Jamaa Fanaka......Page 81
CHAPTER FIVE: Michael Schultz: The Crossover King......Page 93
CHAPTER SIX: Spike Lee: The Independent Auteur......Page 110
CHAPTER SEVEN: Keeping It Real (Reel): Black Dramatic Visions: Charles Burnett, John Singleton, Matty Rich, Mario Van Peebles, Ernest Dickerson, Albert and Allen Hughes, Doug McHenry, David Clark Johnson, Preston A. Whitmore II, Tim Reid, Robert Patton-Spruill, Darin Scott, Hype Williams......Page 139
CHAPTER EIGHT: And Still They Rise: Black Women Directors: Euzhan Palcy, Julie Dash, Leslie Harris, Darnell Martin, Kasi Lemmons, Millicent Shelton, Troy Beyer, Cheryl Dunye, Maya Angelou......Page 189
CHAPTER NINE: Not without Laughter: Directors of Comedy and Romance: Oz Scott, Topper Carew, Richard Pryor, Prince, Robert Townsend, Eddie Murphy, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Wendell B. Harris Jr., Reginald Hudlin, Martin Lawrence, Theodore Witcher, George Tillman, Kevin Rodney Sullivan, Christopher Scott Cherot......Page 219
CHAPTER TEN: Off the Hook: Comedy and Romance with a Hip-Hop Flavor: Reginald Hudlin, James Bond III, George Jackson/Doug McHenry, Rusty Cundieff, F. Gary Gray, Paris Barclay, Lionel C. Martin, Ice Cube......Page 267
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Redefining Crossover Films: Kevin Hooks, Bill Duke, Carl Franklin, Thomas Carter, Forest Whitaker, F. Gary Gray, Antoine Fuqua......Page 293
Filmography......Page 338
Notes......Page 342
Glossary......Page 356
Bibliography......Page 360
Index......Page 370