... Fincher Diaz Melonie Fruitvale Station Coogler Grant III Oscar Jordan Michael B Mehserle Johannes Sharpe Christina “Giverny I Négresse Impériale ” Gary Hampton Fred Monet Claude Sterling Alton Manet Edouard “Olympia” Manet Butler Judith Black film social media Facebook postcinema White...

...The South remains important to most African Americans as their home and place of origin. It has been a recurring theme in migration narratives. Black film and rap have become the most dominant forms of migration narratives in the new age which reflect the political, social, and economic challenges...

...This chapter aims to question the aesthetic merit of a black film as this is sometimes treated as inseparable from questions regarding the film's political perspective. This chapter makes several considerations on the recent endeavors to meet the demand of a growing number of Hollywood movies...

...Intersecting Aesthetics: Literary Adaptations and Cinematic Representations of Blackness illuminates cultural and material trends shaping Black film adaptations during the twentieth century. Contributors reveal how Black literary and filmic texts are sites of negotiation between...