Richard E. Norman and Race Filmmaking

Name: Richard E. Norman and Race Filmmaking
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ISBN: 9780253010643

ISBN-10: 0253010640

ISBN-13: 9780253010643

Edition: 2013

Authors: Barbara Tepa Lupack, Michael T. Martin

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In the early 1900s, so-called race filmmakers set out to produce black-oriented pictures to counteract the racist caricatures that had dominated cinema from its inception. Richard E. Norman, a southern-born white filmmaker, was one such pioneer. From humble beginnings as a roving "home talent" filmmaker, creating photoplays that starred local citizens, Norman would go on to produce high-quality feature-length race pictures. Together with his better-known contemporaries Oscar Micheaux and Noble and George Johnson, Richard E. Norman helped to define early race filmmaking. Making use of unique archival resources, including Norman's personal and professional correspondence, detailed…

Book details

List price: $25.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 11/8/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgements


List of Abbreviations


Introduction: A New Vision of Opportunity



Race Matters: The Evolution of Race Filmmaking



"Have You Talent?": Norman's Early Career



"Not a White Man in the Cast": Norman's Early Race Films



"Taking Two Hides From the Ox": The Bull-Dogger and The Crimson Skull



"A Risky Experiment": Zircon and Regeneration



"You Know We Have the Goods": The Flying Ace and Black Gold



"It Takes a Darn Good One to Stick": Norman's Later Career


Afterword



Shooting Script: The Green Eyed Monster



Shooting Script (Fragment) and Scenario: The Bull-Dogger



Shooting Script: The Crimson Skull


Notes


Index