Race and Film
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Evolution of African American throughout the History of Film
Race and Film
Early 1900’s• Ideology of White
patriarchal capitalism
• Antebellum: ”Pre-civil War”
- Minstrel Shows
• Donald Bolge-5 Types: Uncle Tom,
Mammy, Tragic Mulatto, Black Buck, and Miscegenation.
Stereotyping
• Jim Crow’s Law
• NAACP
• Production Code
Rules and Regulations
• Rise of home video market
• Modern Cinema• Film Industry (1995-
2010) • Ticket • Revenue
Film history
Film industry (1995–2010)[10]
All values in billionsYear Tickets Revenue
1995 1.22 $5.291996 1.26 $5.591997 1.42 $6.511998 1.44 $6.771999 1.44 $7.302000 1.39 $7.482001 1.44 $8.132002 1.58 $9.192003 1.55 $9.352004 1.49 $9.272005 1.40 $8.952006 1.41 $9.252007 1.40 $9.632008 1.39 $9.952009 1.42 $10.652010[N 1] 1.37 $10.89
• Black-faced Archetype of minstrel shows• Sambo• Mammy• Magic negro• Mandingo negro• Welfare queen
Historical Archetypes
• History of Black Panther Party• What they want and what they believe
Black Panther Party
60- Eyes on the Prize (1987)70- Women of Brewster Place (1989)80- Hoop Dreams (1994)90- Eve’s Bayou (1997)100- Lesson Before Dying (1999)
1- Within Our Gates (1920)10- Cabin in the Sky (1943)20- Sergeant Rutledge (1960)30- Brian’s Song (1971)40- Cooley High (1975)50- King (1978)
100 Top Classic Movies between 1920’s - 1999
• “Bamboozled”- New Line
Production: Directed: By Spike Lee
The 21st Century Films
Top 25 Films and Genre Frequencies
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Racial/Ethnic Identity Congruence for the top 25 film
• Pursuit of Happiness (2006)
• American Gangster (2007)
• Hancock (2008)• Takers (2010)• For Colored Girls
(2010)• Brooklyn’s finest
(2010)
• Freedom Writers (2007)
• Daddy’s Little Girls (2007)
• Amazing Grace (2006)
• Johnsons Family Dinner (2008)
• I Can Do Bad All By Myself (2009)
• Speed-Dating (2010)
• Medea's Big Happy Family (2011)
Movies from 2006-2011
A Time to Kill Malcolm X
Movies