{"product_id":"colorization-one-hundred-years-of-black-films-in-a-white-world-hardcover","title":"Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWil Haygood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eCRITICS'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eTOP BOOK OF THE YEAR \u003cb\u003e- BOOKLISTS' EDITOR'S CHOICE \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"At once a film book, a history book, and a civil rights book.... Without a doubt, not only the very best film book [but] also one of the best books of the year in any genre. An absolutely essential read.\" --\u003ci\u003eShondaland\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis unprecedented history of Black cinema examines 100 years of Black movies--from \u003ci\u003eGone with the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e to Blaxploitation films to \u003ci\u003eBlack Panther\u003c\/i\u003e--using the struggles and triumphs of the artists, and the films themselves, as a prism to explore Black culture, civil rights, and racism in America. From the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Butler\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShowdown\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning in 1915 with D. W. Griffith's \u003ci\u003eThe Birth of a Nation--\u003c\/i\u003ewhich glorified the Ku Klux Klan and became Hollywood's first blockbuster--Wil Haygood gives us an incisive, fascinating, little-known history, spanning more than a century, of Black artists in the film business, on-screen and behind the scenes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe makes clear the effects of changing social realities and events on the business of making movies and on what was represented on the screen: from Jim Crow and segregation to white flight and interracial relationships, from the assassination of Malcolm X, to the O. J. Simpson trial, to the Black Lives Matter movement. He considers the films themselves--including \u003ci\u003eImitation of Life, Gone with the Wind, Porgy and Bess, \u003c\/i\u003ethe Blaxploitation films of the seventies, \u003ci\u003eDo The Right Thing, 12 Years a Slave, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBlack Panther\u003c\/i\u003e. And he brings to new light the careers and significance of a wide range of historic and contemporary figures: Hattie McDaniel, Sidney Poitier, Berry Gordy, Alex Haley, Spike Lee, Billy Dee Willliams, Richard Pryor, Halle Berry, Ava DuVernay, and Jordan Peele, among many others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn important, timely book, \u003ci\u003eColorization\u003c\/i\u003e gives us both an unprecedented history of Black cinema and a groundbreaking perspective on racism in modern America.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWIL HAYGOOD is a former \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e (where he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist) and \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e reporter. Haygood has received writing fellowships from the Guggenheim, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Alicia Patterson Foundations. His biographies of Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Sammy Davis Jr., Sugar Ray Robinson, and Thurgood Marshall have been widely acclaimed, As Has his Most recent book, \u003ci\u003eColorization: 100 Years Of Black Cinema in a White World\u003c\/i\u003e. IN 2022 he was the recipient of The Dayton Literary Peace Prize's Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, whose other recipients include Gloria Steinem, Louise Erdrich, Barbara Kingsolver, and Colm Tóibín. Haygood also wrote the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, \u003ci\u003eThe Butler: A Witness to History\u003c\/i\u003e, which was adapted into an award-winning movie. Haygood is currently serving an appointment as Boadway Visiting Distinguished Scholar at his alma mater, Miami University, Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.65 x 9.29 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 19, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767962304800,"sku":"9780525656876","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/81c9e0f30ce651a6b3c15fca9d7ed32f.webp?v=1780321615","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/colorization-one-hundred-years-of-black-films-in-a-white-world-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}