Richard E. Norman and Race Filmmaking

by Barbara T. Lupack and Barbara Tepa Lupack

Book Overview

In the early 1900s, so-called race filmmakers set out to produce black-oriented pictures to counteract the racist caricatures that had dominated cinema from its inception. Richard E. Norman, a southern-born white filmmaker, was one such pioneer. From humble beginnings as a roving "home talent" filmmaker, recreating photoplays that starred local citizens, Norman would go on to produce high-quality feature-length race pictures. Together with his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025301056X
• ISBN13: 9780253010568
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"