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This list was last updated on 18 Dec 2005.
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| ESSENTIAL TITLES: | ||||||
| James Parish & George A. Hill | ||||||
| The best academic text on the genre, an essential purchase. Plots, Critiques, Casts and Credits for 235 Theatrical and Made-For-Television Releases. | ||||||
| Mikel J. Koven | ||||||
| Great little pocket guide to the films of the genre. Cheap and cheerful - an ideal stocking-filler. | ||||||
| Fred Wesley | ||||||
| Anyone who is interested in music should read this book. A powerful, honest and fascinating insight into the life of a man who has dedicated his life to music, Fred tells it how it really is. Life on the road, life with James Brown, life with George Clinton, the battle between making a buck and making music you're proud of. Also includes good coverage of his work on the Black Caesar and Slaughter's Big Rip Off soundtracks. | ||||||
| Darius James | ||||||
| Roots of the baadasssss 'tude: rated X by an all-white jury! A very funky and personal account of the genre, Darius reviews many movies and talks about folks from Melvin Van Peebles to the Black Panther. Recommended. | ||||||
| G + D. Martinez, A. Chavez | ||||||
| The black film explosion of the '70s in words and pictures. An excellent and colorful book, packed with interviews with stars, directors and major fans, plus poster photos and stills. Highly recommended as a good introduction. | ||||||
| HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: | ||||||
| Iceberg Slim | ||||||
| Iceberg Slim classic. | ||||||
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Attack of the 'B' Movie Posters (The Illustrated History of Moves Through Posters Series Vol. 14) |
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| Bruce Hershenson | ||||||
| Comprehensive and well-illustrated guide to beautiful B-movie posters. | ||||||
| Manthia Diawara | ||||||
| From the Afi Film Readers series | ||||||
| Karen Ross | ||||||
| Black Images in Popular Film and Television | ||||||
| Dr. Jesse Algeron Rhines | ||||||
| Jesse Algeron Rhines is an assistant professor of political economy in the African American and African Studies Department at Rutgers University at Newark. He is an assistant editor for Cineaste magazine and co-editor of the magazine's section, "Race in Contemporary American Cinema." | ||||||
| Gary Null | ||||||
| From 1970 to Today | ||||||
| Nelson George | ||||||
| Reflections on African-Americans and the Movies | ||||||
| Henry T. Sampson | ||||||
| A Source Book on Black Films | ||||||
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Brown Sugar: Eighty Years of America's Black Female Superstars |
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| Donald Bogle | ||||||
| A good overview of the many highly talented and often overlooked black female artists of the last century. | ||||||
| Michael T. Martin | ||||||
| Diversity, Dependence, and Oppositionality (Contemporary Film and Television) | ||||||
| Robert E. Weems Jr. | ||||||
| African American Consumerism in the Twentieth Century | ||||||
| Patrick Ogle | ||||||
| Useful film guide to black cinema | ||||||
| Ed Guerrero | ||||||
| The African American Image in Film (Culture and the Moving Image) | ||||||
| Daniel J. Leab | ||||||
| The Black Experience in Motion Pictures | ||||||
| Carol Speed | ||||||
| Not content with simply acting in many of the key films in black cinema of the 1970s, Carol Speed turned to writing in the 1980s and has written books, articles and even a musical! Her latest work is a historical novel about three generations of black women. | ||||||
| Bruce Hershenson | ||||||
| More classic movie posters. | ||||||
| Carol Speed | ||||||
| Now out-of-print, this classic by Carol 'Abby' Speed has been added to the list to make you aware that it's out there in second hand book stores? | ||||||
| Iceberg Slim | ||||||
| Dark, descriptive and vivid account of ghetto life through the eyes of a pimp. A genre classic. | ||||||
| Tracy Funches & Rob Marriott | ||||||
| An excellent visual and written guide to today's pimps and their lifestyle. | ||||||
| Bell Hooks | ||||||
| A useful overview of the many social issues in film. | ||||||
| John Kisch | ||||||
| Fifty years of black movie posters | ||||||
| Monique Guillory | ||||||
| Black Power, Politics, and Pleasure | ||||||
| Marshall Hyatt | ||||||
| An Annotated Bibliography and Filmography | ||||||
| Mickey Royal | ||||||
| Mickey Royal tells it how it is. | ||||||
| Alfred Gholson | ||||||
| An all-round account of pimping, how to make it, and a history of the pimp. | ||||||
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Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies & Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films |
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| Donald Bogle | ||||||
| Does exactly what it says on the cover. 'Nuff said. | ||||||
| Jacques Boyreau | ||||||
| An uneven but good selection of movie poster art. | ||||||
| Iceberg Slim | ||||||
| Johnny O'Brien has a black mother and a white father. This is his story - growing up in the ghetto. | ||||||
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