...This chapter shows how racial minorities are marginalized as Hollywood directors. The unbankable label that assumes movies by or about African Americans have limited profit potential gives studio executives justification to discriminate against Black directors and their movies. This amounts...

..., and as directors of tent pole blockbuster franchise movies that are Hollywood studios’ core movie products. Black directors are therefore least represented in the most lucrative and commercial genre in American cinema. Racial segregation in genres lead to career disparities, as directing big franchise movies...

...The first chapter, by Lary May, begins with the familiar observation about the dramatic rise in punitiveness in late-twentieth-century America and contends that turning to popular movies offers a fresh explanation of why this political shift occurred. May concentrates on a body of crime films...

...The Jim Crow era of outright racism seemingly ended decades ago, yet the major American film industry—Hollywood—is waist deep in racial politics. Jim Crow Hollywood shows how Hollywood insiders consider race when making decisions about moviemaking. Movies by and about white Americans are said...

..., and hip hop worlds colliding and bonding in dance clubs, housing complexes, schools, roller rinks, art spaces, handball and basketball courts, movie house, specific neighborhoods, the subway system, and other quotidian, subcultural, and ephemeral sites uniquely position New York as a place of experimental...

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... of the unbankable label—that movies with Black casts or lead actors do not make enough money and are risky investments. Directors brand their movies as human and universal, stating they are relatable to all moviegoers and not just a subsection of Black audiences. Some directors are pressured to work with mostly...

...Jim Crow Hollywood describes how Hollywood insiders consider race when making decisions about moviemaking. Movies by and about white Americans are said to be worthy investments, while movies by and about Black Americans are said to be risky investments. This way of thinking has profound effects...

...The Hollywood Jim Crow marks Black and racial minority movies culturally and economically inferior using the unbankable label—a presumption that they will not perform sufficiently well at the box office, especially in foreign markets. This chapter highlights how the unbankable label is present...

... contributed mightily to the public understanding of film, while providing a platform for women to voice political views within a traditionally masculine public realm. It builds the case that, as practiced by Hopper and her readers, Hollywood gossip shaped key developments in American movies and movie culture...