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Black Film/White Money

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I read this book straight through with a lot of enjoyment. I love this book. It has changed my film making aspirations. This book provides a historical context of the film industry that ties smartly to the economic context that we live in today. The author discusses how independent filmmakers have in the past taken advantage of imperfections in the competitive film system. He also shares the value in depicting the source of economic woes in films that center on the underclass. All in all this book is so well written and so easily read and so completely informative that it's a must read for any independent film maker. I learned so much. The only critique I have is the title because this book is so much more than what the title implies.

This book chronicles the evolution of Black Film and Black people in films from the racist depiction of Blacks in Griffith's Birth of a Nation through the Black Diaspora to Spike Lee.

A great read

This is an extremely well researched book regarding the African-American film industry, which is a very neglected area of the business. I highly recommend it.