Contemporary African American Cinema
Antonio, Sheril D.![Contemporary African American Cinema](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/190/19044982/CHSBZCOP0319044982.jpg)
For the past century African American cinema has primarily been an independent phenomenon. However, recent and consistent inclusion in the mainstream film industry of Hollywood suggests a significant change in its status. Despite a tendency to posit the «genre» as «other» it is not a separate cinema. Contemporary African American cinema contextualizes its forms and themes within the American film tradition. With crossover success and critical ...