Soul searching Black-themed cinema from the March on Washington to the rise of blaxploitation - Sieving, Christopher (Wesleyan University Press, 2011)
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral) -- University of Wisconsin at Madison
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- The march on Hollywood: Gone are the days and the integration picture -- Ghetto travelogue: The cool world, Harlem, and the new American cinema -- The concessions of Nat Turner: the instant demise of the Black prestige picture -- The battle of Cleveland: Uptight and the urban Black revolution film -- Black Hollywood meets new Hollywood: The landlord and the racial impasse film of 1970 -- Conclusion: 1960s African American cinema and the birth of blaxploitation
An engrossing look at black-themed films in pre-blaxploitation Hollywood