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Film genre reader II / edited by Barry Keith Grant Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995.
Call No: 64GEN FILAuthor: Grant, Barry Keith, 1947 Edition: 1st edPlace: AustinPublisher: University of Texas PressPubDate: 1995PhysDes: viii, 581 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: GENRES ; WESTERNS ; GANGSTER FILMS ; FILM NOIR ; DISASTER FILMS ; EPIC FILMS ; HORROR FILMS ; MELODRAMA ; COMEDIES ; TRANSVESTISM ; WOMEN IN FILMS ; VIETNAM WAR FILMS ; MUSICALS ; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS ; CANADA ; AUTEUR THEORY ; NARRATIVE IN FILMS ; DETECTIVE FILMS ; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA ; HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA ; HISTORICAL FILMS ; PHILOSOPHY AND THE CINEMA ; PORNOGRAPHY AND THE CINEMA ; PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE CINEMA ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; SEMIOLOGY ; STRUCTURALISM ; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED ; MICHEAUX, OSCAR ; CRONENBERG, DAVID ; FORD, JOHN ; PENN, ARTHUR ; SIRK, DOUGLAS ; CAVELL, STANLEY ; CHANDLER, RAYMOND ; FRYE, NORTHROP ; MINNELLI, VINCENTE ; TODOROV, TZVETAN ; ZOO LA NUIT, UN (CN, Jean-Cluade Lauzon, 1987) ; SOME LIKE IT HOT (US, Billy Wilder, 1959) ; SHADOW OF A DOUBT (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1943) ; BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY, THE (US, Charles Walters, 1949) ; YENTL (US, Barbara Streisand, 1983) ; IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (US, Frank Capra, 1934) ; IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946) ; MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (US, John Ford, 1946) ; STAGECOACH (US, John Ford, 1939) ; SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (US, Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, 1952) ; THING, THE (US, Christian Nyby, 1951) ; [TWENTY] 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH (US, Nathan Juran, 1957) ; VICTOR VICTORIA (UK, Blake Edwards, 1982) ; WRITTEN ON THE WIND (US, Douglas Sirk, 1956) ; NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968) ; FLY, THE (US, David Cronenberg, 1986) ; DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (US, Susan Seidelman, 1985) ; CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974) ; APOCALYPSE NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) ; CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [495]-559) and indexISBN: 0292727771 (cloth : alk. paper); 029272778X (pbk. : alk. paper)LON: 11563059
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Melodrama : stage, picture, screen / edited by Jacky Bratton, Jim Cook, Christine Gledhill London: BFI Pub., 1994.
Call No: 733 MELAuthor: Bratton, J. S. (Jacqueline Susan), 1945 ; Cook, Jim ; Gledhill, Christine Place: LondonPublisher: BFI Pub.PubDate: 1994PhysDes: xiii, 250 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: MELODRAMA ; MELODRAMA. GERMANY ; MELODRAMA. CHINA ; FASSBINDER, RAINER WERNER ; MICHEAUX, OSCAR ; ELSAESSER, THOMAS ; COLOR PURPLE, THE (US, Steven Spielberg, 1985) ; BLESS THEIR LITTLE HEARTS (US, Billy Woodberry, 1984) ; GASLIGHT (UK, Thorold Dickinson, 1940) ; GASLIGHT (US, George Cukor, 1944) ; HIBISCUS TOWN [FU RONG ZHEN] (CC, Xie Jin, 1987) ; EAST LYNNE (US, Frank Lloyd, 1931) Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 0851704379; 0851704387 (pbk.)LON: 11032554
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Reel black talk : a source book of 50 American filmmakers / Spencer Moon, foreward by George Hill Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1997.
Call No: 802(73) MOOAuthor: Moon, Spencer Source: USPlace: Westport, ConnPublisher: Greenwood PressPubDate: 1997PhysDes: xvi, 396 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cmSubject: 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] 5 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 indexISBN: 0313298300Contents: 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
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