{"product_id":"hollywood-black","title":"Hollywood Black","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe films, the stars, the filmmakers-all get their due in \u003ci\u003eHollywood Black\u003c\/i\u003e, a sweeping overview of black people in film from the silent era through \u003ci\u003eBlack Panther\u003c\/i\u003e, with striking photos and an engrossing history by award-winning author Donald Bogle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe story opens in the silent film era, when white actors in blackface played black characters and D. W. Griffith premiered his shocking, controversial \u003ci\u003eThe Birth of a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e. Sound motion pictures were ushered in by Al Jolson in blackface in \u003ci\u003eThe Jazz Singer\u003c\/i\u003e, but in this new era of filmmaking, black performers such as Bill \"Bojangles\" Robinson and Paul Robeson began finding a place in Hollywood. More often than not, they were saddled with rigidly stereotyped roles, but some gifted performers were able to turn in significant performances, notably Hattie McDaniel in \u003ci\u003eGone With the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e (1939).\u003cbr\u003eIn the coming decades, more black talents would light up the screen. Dorothy Dandridge became the first African American to earn a Best Actress Oscar nomination for \u003ci\u003eCarmen Jones \u003c\/i\u003e(1954), and Sidney Poitier broke ground in films like 1963's \u003ci\u003eLilies of the Field\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he won the Best Actor Oscar. \u003ci\u003eHollywood Black\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the changes in images that came about with the evolving social and political atmosphere of the country, from the Civil Rights era to the Black Power movement. The story takes readers through the Blaxploitation era with movies like \u003ci\u003eShaft\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSuper Fly\u003c\/i\u003e, to the emergence of such stars as Diana Ross and Eddie Murphy, and of directors Spike Lee and John Singleton. The history comes to modern times with filmmakers Steve McQueen (\u003ci\u003eTwelve Years a Slave\u003c\/i\u003e) and Barry Jenkins (\u003ci\u003eMoonlight\u003c\/i\u003e); megastars Denzel Washington, Will Smith, Halle Berry; and a glorious gallery of others.\u003cbr\u003eFilled with photographs and stories of stars and filmmakers on set and off, \u003ci\u003eHollywood Black \u003c\/i\u003etells an enthralling, underappreciated history as it's never before been told.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44788777713843,"sku":"9780762491414","price":2156.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17477442259780762491414.jpg?v=1762832816","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/hollywood-black","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}