The Politics and Poetics of Black Film
Nothing But a Man
Written and directed by two white men and performed by an all-black cast, Nothing But a Man (Michael Roemer, 1964) tells the story of a drifter turned family man who struggles with the pressures of small-town life and the limitations placed on him and his community in the Deep South, an area long fraught with racism. Though unmistakably about race and civil rights, the film makes no direct reference to the civil rights movement. Despite this intentional absence, contemporary audiences were acutely aware of the social context for the film's indictment of white prejudice in America. To help frame and situate the film in the context of black fil…
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Weitere Autoren: Martin, Michael T. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-253-01850-2
- EAN: 9780253018502
- Produktnummer: 20454380
- Verlag: Indiana University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 306 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 4'171 KB
- Abbildungen: 32 b&w illus.
Über den Autor
David C. Wall is Assistant Professor of Visual Studies at Utah State University.Michael T. Martin is Director of the Black Film Center/Archive and Professor in the Departments of Communication and Culture and American Studies at Indiana University Bloomington.
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