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When The Silver Screen Fades To Black : An Analysis Of Black Faces In Film., Travesheia Rashel Bass
When The Silver Screen Fades To Black : An Analysis Of Black Faces In Film., Travesheia Rashel Bass
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The Black Film Industry emerged with the goal of challenging the misrepresented images of African Americans that were promoted in early American Films. The Black Film making process promoted a centrality of stories told from an Afrocentric point of view. This thesis analyzes how Black Film has been defined over the last sixteen years and how it has impacted American society. Films that were made by or in collaboration with African American writers, directors, and producers with a focus on the African American community (its values, cultural aesthetics, and practices) and featuring an all or primarily Black cast were found …
Exploring Ethnic Stereotypes Through The Production Of Five Short Films, Ines Galiano Torres
Exploring Ethnic Stereotypes Through The Production Of Five Short Films, Ines Galiano Torres
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This is a nontraditional thesis that combines social research in ethnic stereotypes in TV and film with the creative process of film production. This paper contains the formal step of research, in addition to the details on the production and creation of five original short films related to the issue of ethnic representations.