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Envisioning freedom : cinema and the building of modern Black life, Cara Caddoo
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- Summary
- Viewing turn-of-the-century African American history through the lens of cinema, Envisioning Freedom examines the forgotten history of early black film exhibition during the era of mass migration and Jim Crow. By embracing the new medium of moving pictures at the turn of the twentieth century, black Americans forged a collective{u2014}if fraught{u2014}culture of freedom. In Cara Caddoo{u2019}s perspective-changing study, African Americans emerge as pioneers of cinema from the 1890s to the 1920s. Across the South and Midwest, moving pictures presented in churches, lodges, and schools raised money and created shared social experiences for black urban communities. As migrants moved northward, bound for Chicago and New York, cinema moved with them. Along these routes, ministers and reformers, preaching messages of racial uplift, used moving pictures as an enticement to attract followers. But as it gained popularity, black cinema also became controversial. Facing a losing competition with movie houses, once-supportive ministers denounced the evils of the 2colored theater.3 Onscreen images sparked arguments over black identity and the meaning of freedom. In 1910, when boxing champion Jack Johnson became the world{u2019}s first black movie star, representation in film vaulted to the center of black concerns about racial progress. Black leaders demanded self-representation and an end to cinematic mischaracterizations which, they charged, violated the civil rights of African Americans. In 1915, these ideas both led to the creation of an industry that produced 2race films3 by and for black audiences and sparked the first mass black protest movement of the twentieth century.--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 294 pages
- Contents
-
- Introduction: Picturing freedom
- Exhibitions of faith and fellowship
- Cinema and the god given right to play
- Colored theaters in the Jim Crow city
- Monuments of progress
- The fight over fight pictures
- Mobilizing an envisioned community
- Race films and the transnational frontier
- Conclusion: Picturing the future
- Isbn
- 9780674368057
- Label
- Envisioning freedom : cinema and the building of modern Black life
- Title
- Envisioning freedom
- Title remainder
- cinema and the building of modern Black life
- Statement of responsibility
- Cara Caddoo
- Subject
-
- African Americans -- Social life and customs
- African Americans in motion pictures
- African Americans in motion pictures
- African Americans in the motion picture industry
- African Americans in the motion picture industry
- Motion picture audiences
- African Americans -- Social life and customs
- Motion pictures -- Distribution
- Motion pictures -- United States -- Distribution
- Race films
- Race films
- United States
- Motion picture audiences -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Viewing turn-of-the-century African American history through the lens of cinema, Envisioning Freedom examines the forgotten history of early black film exhibition during the era of mass migration and Jim Crow. By embracing the new medium of moving pictures at the turn of the twentieth century, black Americans forged a collective{u2014}if fraught{u2014}culture of freedom. In Cara Caddoo{u2019}s perspective-changing study, African Americans emerge as pioneers of cinema from the 1890s to the 1920s. Across the South and Midwest, moving pictures presented in churches, lodges, and schools raised money and created shared social experiences for black urban communities. As migrants moved northward, bound for Chicago and New York, cinema moved with them. Along these routes, ministers and reformers, preaching messages of racial uplift, used moving pictures as an enticement to attract followers. But as it gained popularity, black cinema also became controversial. Facing a losing competition with movie houses, once-supportive ministers denounced the evils of the 2colored theater.3 Onscreen images sparked arguments over black identity and the meaning of freedom. In 1910, when boxing champion Jack Johnson became the world{u2019}s first black movie star, representation in film vaulted to the center of black concerns about racial progress. Black leaders demanded self-representation and an end to cinematic mischaracterizations which, they charged, violated the civil rights of African Americans. In 1915, these ideas both led to the creation of an industry that produced 2race films3 by and for black audiences and sparked the first mass black protest movement of the twentieth century.--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1978-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Caddoo, Cara
- Dewey number
- 791.43/652996073
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN1995.9.N4
- LC item number
- C33 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- African Americans in motion pictures
- African Americans in the motion picture industry
- African Americans
- Motion pictures
- Motion picture audiences
- Race films
- African Americans in motion pictures
- African Americans in the motion picture industry
- African Americans
- Motion picture audiences
- Motion pictures
- Race films
- United States
- Label
- Envisioning freedom : cinema and the building of modern Black life, Cara Caddoo
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Picturing freedom -- Exhibitions of faith and fellowship -- Cinema and the god given right to play -- Colored theaters in the Jim Crow city -- Monuments of progress -- The fight over fight pictures -- Mobilizing an envisioned community -- Race films and the transnational frontier -- Conclusion: Picturing the future
- Control code
- 875999879
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 294 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674368057
- Isbn Type
- (hbk. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2014005703
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)875999879
- Label
- Envisioning freedom : cinema and the building of modern Black life, Cara Caddoo
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Picturing freedom -- Exhibitions of faith and fellowship -- Cinema and the god given right to play -- Colored theaters in the Jim Crow city -- Monuments of progress -- The fight over fight pictures -- Mobilizing an envisioned community -- Race films and the transnational frontier -- Conclusion: Picturing the future
- Control code
- 875999879
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 294 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674368057
- Isbn Type
- (hbk. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2014005703
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)875999879
Subject
- African Americans -- Social life and customs
- African Americans in motion pictures
- African Americans in motion pictures
- African Americans in the motion picture industry
- African Americans in the motion picture industry
- Motion picture audiences
- African Americans -- Social life and customs
- Motion pictures -- Distribution
- Motion pictures -- United States -- Distribution
- Race films
- Race films
- United States
- Motion picture audiences -- United States
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