Contemporary Black women filmmakers and the art of resistance / Christina N. Baker.

Author: Baker, Christina N. author.

ImprintColumbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2018]

Imprint2018

Descriptionxii, 195 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Note:Becoming visible -- Unicorns: Black women filmmakers -- Work as passion: Love & basketball and Beyond the lights -- Y'all are my children: Eve's bayou and Night catches us -- Rebellious love: Middle of nowhere and Pariah -- Transformative beauty -- Appendix A. Narrative feature films by Black women -- Appendix B. Tanya Hamilton interview -- Kasi Lemmons interview -- Gina Prince-Bythewood interview.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-189) and index.

Note:"An analysis of the films of Black women directors--including Ava DuVernay, Tanya Hamilton, Dee Rees, Kasi Lemmons, and Gina Prince-Bythewood--the book examines how contemporary Black women filmmakers engage in acts of resistance through their filmmaking, using a theoretical lens at the intersection of Black feminism and womanism."-- Provided by publisher.

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