SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF CINEMA– RESOURCES

African American Films through 1959: a Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography, by Larry Richards (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1997).

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Main Reserve Rm: PN1995.9.N4 R54 1997

Richard Roundtree on the set of Gordon Parks' Shaft (1971).

The Afro-American Cinematic Experience: an Annotated Bibliography and Filmography, compiled and edited by Marshall Hyatt (Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1983).

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Main Reference: PN1995.9.N4H9 1983

 

Blacks in American Films and Television: an Encyclopedia, Donald Bogle (New York: Garland Publishing, 1988).

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Main Reference: PN1995.9.N4B58 1988 c.2

Provides profiles of actors as well as information about movies and television series.

 

Blacks in Black and White: a Source Book on Black Films, Henry T. Sampson (Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1995)

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Main Reference: PN1995.9.N4 S2 1995

Documents "the all-Black cast films that were independently produced in the United States between 1910 and 1950."

Broadcasting It: an Encyclopaedia of Homosexuality on Film, Radio, and TV in the UK, 1923-1993, Keith Howes; foreward by Ned Sherrin (London; New York: Cassell, 1993).

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Main Reference: PN1995.9.H55 H7 1993

Censorship and Hollywood's Hispanic Image: an Interpretive Filmography, 1936-1955, Alfred Charles Richard, Jr.(Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993).

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Main Reference: PN1995.9.L37R53 1993

Contemporary Hollywood's Negative Hispanic Image: an Interpretive Filmography, 1956-1993, Alfred Charles Richard, Jr. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994).

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Main Reference: PN1995.9.L37R54 1994

The Facets African-American Video Guide, Patrick Ogle (Chicago: Facets Multimedia, Inc./Academy Chicago Publishers, 1994).

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Main Library: PN 1995.9.N4O44
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Contains brief descriptions of "films which contain a substantial number of African-American artists." Includes indexes by director, major performers, and title.

Frame by Frame: a Black Filmography, Phyllis Rauch Klotman (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997).

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Main Reference: PN1995.9.N4K57

Frame by Frame II: a Filmography of the African-American Image, 1978-1994, Phyllis R. Klotman and Gloria J. Gibson (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997).

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Main Reference: PN1995.9.N4 K58 1997

These two volumes are an alphabetical listing of films by and about Blacks in the United States. There are performers, writers, directors, and producers indexes in addition to the alphabetical listing of films. Not a critical filmography, Frame by Frame, attempts to be a totality of known films having in some aspect relevance to African Americans.

Gays and Lesbians in Mainstream Cinema: Plots, Critiques, Casts and Credits for 272 Theatrical and Made-for-Television Hollywood Releases, by James Robert Parish (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1993).

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Main Reference: PN1995.9.H55P37 1993

The Hispanic Image on the Silver Screen: an Interpretive Filmography from Silents into Sound, 1898-1935, Alfred Charles Richard, Jr. (New York: Greenwood Press, 1992)

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Main Reference: PN1995.9.L37R55 1992

Hispanics in Hollywood: an Encyclopedia of Film and Television, Luis Reyes and Peter Rubie (New York: Garland, 1994).

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Main Reference: PN1995.9.H47 R49 1994

Images of Blacks in American Culture: a Reference Guide to Information Sources, edited by Jessie Carney Smith; foreward by Nikki Giovanni (New York: Greenwood Press, 1988).

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Main Reference: NX652.A37I43 1988

Images in the Dark: an Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Film and Video, Raymond Murray (New York: Plume, 1996).

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Main Reference: PN1995.9.H55M87 1996

A "comprehensive and at times...subjective listing of films and videos that have been written, scored, directed by, and starring gays and lesbians; and films that have gay/lesbian themes, or ones in which lesbian or gay characters are fleetingly represented.

Jewish Films in the United States: a Comprehensive Survey and Descriptive Filmography, compiled by Stuart Fox (Boston: G.K. Hall, 1976).

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Main Oversize: DS115.95.Z9F68

Reel Change: a Guide to Social Issue Films, edited by Patricia Peyton (San Francisco: Film Fund, 1979).

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Main Reference: PN1995.9.D6R4

Reel Women: Pioneers of the Cinema, 1896 to the Present, Ally Acker; foreward by Judith Crist; afterward by Marc Wanamaker (New York: Continuum, 1991).

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Main Reference: PN1998.2.A24 1991

The Ultimate Guide to Lesbian & Gay Film and Video, edited by Jenni Olson (New York: Serpent's Tail, 1996).

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Main Reference: PN1995.9.H55 U49 1996

Provides "useful critical and descriptive commentary as well as distribution and source data..." on 2,000+ films, including retrospective and archival titles. Includes subject index. Also available online at: popcornQ

Within our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960, edited by Alan Gevinson (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997).

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Main Reference: PN1995.9.M56 W58 1997

Women of Color: a Filmography of Minority and Third World Women, Maryann Oshana (New York: Garland, 1985).

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Main Reference: Z5784.M9O84 1985

Women Film Directors: an International Bio-Critical Dictionary, Gwendolyn Audrey Foster (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995).

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Main Reference: PN1998.2.F67 1995

Women Filmmakers and their Films, edited by Amy Unterburger (Detroit: St. James Press, 1998).

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Main Reference: PN1998.2.W66 1998

"Comprises more than 250 entries, of which 190 are on women filmmakers, a category that encompasses producers, animators, art directors, editors, writers, and costume designers. Each of these entries consists of a brief bibliography, a complete filmography, a selected bibliography of works on and by the entrant, and an expository essay by a specialist in the field." Includes indexes on nationality, occupation, awards, and film title, and a selected list of distributors of films by women filmmakers.

Working Stiffs, Union Maids, Reds, and Riffraff: an Organized Guide to Films about Labor, by Tom Zaniello (Ithaca, NY: ILR Press, 1996).

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Main Reference: PN1995.9.L28 Z36 1996