Allyson Nadia Field
Uplift Cinema
- ISBN 13:
- 9780822358817
- author:
- Allyson Nadia Field
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Duke University Press Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2015
- Pages:
- 368
- Dimensions:
- 22.5 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm
- Genre:
- Society, Politics & Philosophy, Social Sciences, Multicultural Studies
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Uplift Cinema: The Emergence of African American Film and the Possibility of Black Modernity by Allyson Nadia Field explores the significant yet forgotten legacy of African American filmmaking in the 1910s. This period saw the development of uplift cinema, which emphasized economic self-sufficiency, education, and respectability as key to African American progress. Field examines films made at institutions such as the Tuskegee and Hampton Institutes, as well as the controversial The New Era, an antiracist response to D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation. She also discusses how Black filmmakers in New York and Chicago engaged with uplift through the promotion of Black modernity. Although many of these films have been lost, Field's analysis of archival film ephemera provides a method for studying them, opening up new avenues for exploring early film culture. This book presents a unique perspective on African American cinema, shedding light on a previously overlooked era in film history.
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