D.W. Griffith's The birth of a nation : art, culture and ethics in black and white /: art, culture and ethics in black and white. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jenny Barrett, Douglas Field, Ian Scott.
• Editors: Barrett, Jenny, 1968-; Field, Douglas, 1974-; Scott, Ian, 1965-
• Contents: Introduction: the legacy of The Birth of a Nation – Jenny Barrett, Douglas Field and Ian Scott; 1 Black faces in The Birth of a Nation : D. W. Griffith’s art and the African American actor – Corin Willis; 2 The afterlife of stereotype: Kara Walker, Kehinde Wiley, DJ Spooky and The Birth of a Nation – Robert Burgoyne; 3 Kunle Olulode in conversation with Dr Jenny Barrett; 4 Desegregating the screen: Oscar Micheaux and the rise of activist cinema – Jeffrey Geiger; 5 Examining the ‘white saviour’ in The Birth of a Nation – Jonathan Ward; 6 A rope with two ends: Nate Parker, D. W. Griffith and the tangled legacies of The Birth of a Nation – Lydia J. Plath; 7 The birth of an origin – Oliver C. Speck; 8 The Birth of a Nation, black documentary and the 1992 L.A. uprisings – E. James West; 9 ‘Go see it because it will make a better American of you’: The Birth of a Nation in the era of ‘fake news’ – Jenny Barrett; 10 Standing their ground: a southern community’s response to The Birth of a Nation – Van Dora Williams; 11 The Birth of a Nation : a timeline – Jenny Barrett; Afterword – Robert J. Corber; Index
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 791.4372; PERFORMING ARTS / Individual Director (see also BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts); PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Historical; Individual Film Directors, Film-Makers; Films, Cinema; Influence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781526164445; 9781526164469
• Related ISBNs: 9781526164452
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