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Book SynopsisRhines explores the roles African Americans have played in the motion picture business from 1915 to 1996. It links the history of early black filmmakers to the current success of African American filmmakers, and the hope for change if more African filmmakers come to the forefront of the business.
Trade ReviewJesse Rhines writes insightfully and comprehensively about the structural conditions informing black film production in the United States. . . . Black Film / White Money should be required reading for all wanting to understand the rise of black film from the Lincoln Motion Picture Company to the '90s 'new black film wave. -- Ed Guerrero * author of Framing Blackness *
Follow the dollars to make sense of the aesthetics of Hollywood. Jesse Rhines's Black Film / White Money takes a much needed look at the political economy of making Black films. -- Reginald Hudlin * Director, House Party *
Rhines efficiently covers an impressive breadth of subjects through considerable original research. . . . He relates an entire troubled history of blacks in cinema. * Publisher's Weekly *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
1 Distribution, Production, and Exhibition
2 The Silent Era
3 Depression and World War II
4 The Negro Cycle through Blaxploitation: 1945-1974
5 Blockbusters and Independents: 1975 to the Present
6 Employment Discrimination
7 Black Women in the System
8 Unintended Collusion: The Case of Spike Lee
9 The Struggle Continues behind the Camera
10 Conclusion
11 Epilogue
Notes
Index
