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Call No: 67(04) BES
Place: New York
Publisher: St. Martin's
PubDate: 1999
PhysDes: 280 p.
Subject: WOMEN IN FILMS; RELIGION AND THE CINEMA; ADAPTATIONS; HISTORY OF CINEMA. SOUND PERIOD; BLACKS IN FILMS; GAZE IN FILMS; FAMILY IN FILMS; WAR FILMS; BOORMAN, JOHN; FRANKENHEIMER, JOHN; SINATRA, FRANK; FORD, JOHN; THOMPSON, KAY; OZU YASUJIRO; MANGOLD, JAMES; RISKIN, ROBERT; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; SCORSESE, MARTIN; SARRIS, ANDREW; MCCAREY, LEO; BOGDANOVICH, PETER; CAPRA, FRANK; VIDAL, GORE; DOVE, BILLIE; GRANT, CARY; BURNETT, CHARLES; HAPPINESS (US, Todd Solondz, 1998); SEARCHERS, THE (US, John Ford, 1956); EVE'S BAYOU (US, Kasi Lemons, 1997); TOUCH OF EVIL (US, Orson Welles, 1958); L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (US, Curtis Hanson, 1997); SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (US, Alexander Mackendrick, 1957); GENERAL, THE (UK, John Boorman, 1998); RONIN (US, John Frankenheimer, 1998); STARDUST MEMORIES (US, Woody Allen, 1980); TROUBLE IN PARADISE (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1932); RED RIVER (US, Howard Hawks, 1948); DETOUR (US, Edgar G. Ulmer, ,1946); WRITTEN ON THE WIND (US, Douglas Sirk, 1956); NOTORIOUS (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1946); BIG SLEEP, THE (US, Howard Hawkes, 1946); LADY EVE, THE (US, Preston Sturges, 1941); M (G, Fritz Lang, 1931); WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE, A (US, John Cassavetes, 1974)
ISBN: 0312244832
ID2: 291

Call No: PERSONALITY MICROFILM COLLECTION
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: BURNETT, CHARLES

Call No: 802(73) MOO
Author: Moon, Spencer
Source: US
Place: Westport, Conn
Publisher: Greenwood Press
PubDate: 1997
PhysDes: xvi, 396 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm
Subject: PRODUCERS. USA; ALEXANDER, WILLIAM; BOURNE, ST. CLAIR; BURNETT, CHARLES; CHENZIRA, AYOKA; DASH, JULIE; DUKE, BILL; FANAKA, JAMAA; FRANKLIN, CARL; GREAVES, WILLIAM; HAMPTON, HENRY; HUDLIN, REGINALD; HUDLIN, WARRINGTON; JACKSON, GEORGE; LEE, SPIKE; MICHEAUX, OSCAR; PARKERSON, MICHELLE; PARKS, GORDON; RIGGS, MARLON; ROBERTSON, HUGH A.; SINGLETON, JOHN; TOWNSEND, ROBERT; WARREN, MARK; WAYANS, KEENEN IVORY; WAYANS, MARLON; WAYANS, SHAWN; WILLIAMS, SPENCER; ALMA'S RAINBOW (US, Ayoka Chenzira, 1994); AMAZING GRACE AND CHUCK (US, Mike Newell, 1987); AMOS 'N' ANDY SHOW, THE [TV] (US, 1951-53); BEAT STREET (US, Stan Lathan, 1984); BETTER OFF DEAD (US, Savage Steve Holland, 1985); BLESS THEIR LITTLE HEARTS (US, Billy Woodberry, 1984); BRIDE PRICE (KE, Shatrujit Paul, 1991); CARBON COPY (US, Michael Schultz, 1981); CEMETERY CLUB, THE (US, Bill Duke, 1993); CHILD SAVER, THE [TV] (US, Stan Lathan, 1988); P.O.V : COLOR ADJUSTMENT (US, Marlon Riggs, 1992); CROOKLYN (US, Spike Lee, 1994); DEEP COVER (US, Bill Duke, 1992); DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (US, Carl Franklin, 1995); DISORDERLIES (US, Michael Schultz, 1987); DO THE RIGHT THING (US, Spike Lee, 1989); RAW (US, Robert Townsend, 1987); EYES ON THE PRIZE [TV] (US, 1987-1990); FIVE HEARTBEATS, THE (US, Robert Townsend, 1991); GLASS SHIELD, THE (US, Charles Burnett, 1994); GREASED LIGHTNING (US, Michael Schultz, 1977); HIGHER LEARNING (US, John Singleton, 1994); HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE (US, Robert Townsend, 1987); INKWELL, THE (US, Matty Rich, 1994); JASON'S LYRIC (US, Doug McHenry, 1994); KILLING FLOOR, THE (US, Bill Duke, 1985); KRUSH GROOVE (US, Michael Schultz, 1985); LAUREL AVENUE (US, Carl Franklin, 1993); MENACE II SOCIETY (US, Allen Hughes & Albert Hughes, 1993); OBEAH (US, Hugh A. Robertson, 1986); PANTHER (US, Mario Van Peebles, 1995); PENITENTIARY II (US, Jamaa Fanaka, 1982); POETIC JUSTICE (US, John Singleton, 1993); QUESTION OF COLOR, A (US, Kathe Sandler, 1993 [1992]); RAISIN IN THE SUN, A (US, Daniel Petrie, 1961); SCAVENGER HUNT (US, Michael Schultz, 1979); SHAFT (US, Gordon Parks Jr., 1971); TO SLEEP WITH ANGER (US, Charles Burnett, 1990); STILL A BROTHER: INSIDE THE NEGRO MIDDLE CLASS (US, William Greaves, 1968); STRAIGHT OUT OF BROOKLYN (US, Matty Rich, 1991); VEILED ARISTOCRATS (US, Oscar Micheaux, 1932); WHICH WAY IS UP? (US, Michael Schultz, 1977); WITHIN OUR GATES (US, Oscar Micheaux, 1919)
Summary: This is the first book by an African American on contemporary African American filmmakers. Here directors and producers speak for themselves, posing challenges to current thinking in the field. Special emphasis is given to the filmmakers production and their experiences. Essays on historic figures reveal the rich history of the African American contribution to cinema.
Notes: Includes filmographies, bibliographical references (p. [385] - 386) and index
ISBN: 0313298300
Contents: Foreward: Ninety-plus years of filmmaking/George Hill- William Alexander-Madeline Anderson-Neema Barnette- St Clair Bourne - Charles Burnette - Roy Campanella II - Ayoka Chenzira - Francee Covington - Julie Dash - Ivan Dixon - Bill Duke - Jamaa Fanaka - Carl Franklin - Wendell Franklin - William Greaves - Henry Hampton - Hobart Whitaker Harris - Wendell Burks Harris Jr - Reginald and Warrington Hudlin - Albert and Allen Hughes - George Jackson and Doug McHenry - Ashley James - Avon Kirkland - Stan Lathan - Spike Lee -Louis Massiah - Oscar Devereaux Micheaux - Floyd Norman and Leo Sullivan - Michelle Parkerson - Gordon Alexander Parks Sr - Matty Rich - Marlon Riggs - Hugh Robertson - Michael Schultz - Jackie Shearer - John Singleton - Arlando C. Smith - Robert Townsend - Mario Van Peebles - Melvin Van Peebles - Mark Warren III - The Wayans Family: Keenan Ivory, Damon, Shawn and Marlon - Spencer William Jr - Allen Willis

Call No: 744 HOO
Author: Hooks, Bell
Place: New York, NY
Publisher: Routledge
PubDate: 1996
PhysDes: 244 p. ; 24 cm
Subject: RACE AND THE CINEMA; SEX AND THE CINEMA; CLASS AND THE CINEMA; BLACKS IN FILMS; AVANT-GARDE FILMS; FAMILY IN FILMS; LOOK IN FILMS; SPECTATORSHIP; BLACKS AND THE CINEMA; DEATH IN FILMS; HOMOSEXUALITY IN FILMS; STRIPTEASE IN FILMS; YOUNG PEOPLE IN FILMS; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA; Tarantino, Quentin; LEE, SPIKE; DASH, JULIE; CLARK, LARRY; JAFFA, ARTHUR; BURNETT, CHARLES; BILLOPS, CAMILLE; ALDERMAN, MARIE-FRANCE; WANG, WAYNE; LIVINGSTON, JENNIE; KILLER OF SHEEP (US, Charles Burnett, 1978); GIRL 6 (US, Spike Lee, 1996); CROOKLYN (US, Spike Lee, 1994); WAITING TO EXHALE (US, Forest Whitaker, 1995); LEAVING LAS VEGAS (US, Mike Figgis, 1995); EXOTICA (CN, Atom Egoyan, 1994); ATTENDANT, THE (UK, Isaac Julien, 1992); FINDING CHRISTA (US, Camille Billops/James Hatch, 1991); KIDS (US, Larry Clark, 1995); HOOP DREAMS (US, Steve James, 1994); PARIS IS BURNING (US, Jennie Livingston, 1990); SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT (US, Spike Lee, 1986); PULP FICTION (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
Notes: Includes index
ISBN: 0415918235 (HB : acid-free cover); 0415918243 (PB : acid-free cover)
LON: 96026474; 12664107