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Bogle, Donald. Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks : An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films. 4th ed. New York: Continuum, 2001.
Stone Center Library, Davis, House Undergraduate, PN1995.9.N4 B6 2001
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Cripps, Thomas. Making Movies Black : The Hollywood Message Movie from World War II to the Civil Rights Era. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
Davis, House Undergraduate, PN1995.9.N4 C687 1993
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---. Slow Fade to Black : The Negro in American Film, 1900-1942. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
Stone Center Library, Davis, House Undergraduate, PN1995.9.N4 C7 1993
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Guerrero, Ed. Framing Blackness : The African American Image in Film. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1993.
Stone Center Library, Davis, House Undergraduate, PN1995.9.N4 G84 1993
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Klotman, Phyllis Rauch, and Janet K. Cutler. Struggles for Representation : African American Documentary Film and Video. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999.
Stone Center Library, Davis, House Undergraduate, PN1995.9.N4 S77 1999
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Leab, Daniel J. From Sambo to Superspade : The Black Experience in Motion Pictures. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975.
Davis, House Undergraduate, PN1995.9.N4 L4
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Richards, Larry. African American Films through 1959 : A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1998.
Stone Center Library, Davis Reference, PN1995.9.N4 R54 1998
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Smith, Valerie. Representing Blackness : Issues in Film and Video. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1997.
Stone Center Library, Davis, House Undergraduate, PN1995.9.N4 R47 1997
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Gray, John. Blacks in Film and Television : A Pan-African Bibliography of Films, Filmmakers, and Performers. Vol. 27. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.
Davis Reference, House Undergraduate Reference, Z5784.M9 G72 1990

Hyatt, Marshall. The Afro-American Cinematic Experience : An Annotated Bibliography & Filmography. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources Inc., 1983.
Davis, House Undergraduate Reference, PN1995.9.N4 H9 1983
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Klotman, Phyllis Rauch, and Gloria J. Gibson. Frame by Frame II : A Filmography of the African American Image, 1978-1994. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997.
Stone Center Library, Davis Reference, House Undergraduate Reference, PN1995.9.N4 K58 1997
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Klotman, Phyllis Rauch. Frame by Frame : A Black Filmography. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1979.
Davis, Davis Reference, House Undergraduate Reference, PN1995.9.N4 K57
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Moon, Spencer. Reel Black Talk : A Sourcebook of 50 American Filmmakers. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997.
Stone Center Library, Davis Reference, House Undergraduate, PN1998.2 .M66 1997
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Oshana, Maryann. Women of Color : A Filmography of Minority and Third World Women. Vol. ol. 173. New York: Garland Pub., 1985.
Davis Reference, Z5784.M9 O84 1985

Powers, Anne. Blacks in American Movies; a Selected Bibliography. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, 1974.
Davis Reference, House Undergraduate Reference, Z5784.M9 P69

Sampson, Henry T. Blacks in Black and White : A Source Book on Black Films. 2nd ed. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow press, 1995.
Stone Center Library, Davis Reference, House Undergraduate Reference, PN1995.9.N4 S2 1995
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Indexes Specifically to Film Reviews and Criticism:

International Index to Film Periodicals, 1972-Present. London: International Federation of Film Archives, 1973-. [Pub. varies]
Covers 60 to 80 titles selected to reflect international coverage of lasting aesthetic and critical value.
Davis Reference Row 17

Media Review Digest, 1973/74-Present. Ann Arbor, MI: Pierian Press, 1974.
"The only Complete Guide to Reviews of Non-Print Media." Citations with descriptive notes to reviews of films, filmstrips, spoken word recordings, slides, media kits, and a variety of other media.
Davis Reference Row 17

Cumulative Indexes to Reviews:

Film Review Index: 1882-1985. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1986.
A valuable index to reviews of films "of continuing importance. " Selective in attempting to provide references to substantive reviews from a wide variety of sources, both books and articles. Saves you the trouble of checking The Readers Guide to Periodical Literature and other sources for reviews of films released before 1980.
Davis Reference Row 17

Sources that Reprint Reviews:

Film Review Annual, 1981-Present. Englewood, NJ: Film Review Publications, 1982-.
Reprints reviews for full-length films released in U.S. markets. Reviews are drawn from a wide variety of newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals. A variety of indexes are provided. An excellent source.
Davis reference Row 17

Sight and Sound Film Review Volume. London: The British Film Institute, May 1991-December 1994.
Intended as a companion to the periodical Sight and Sound, also published by the BFI. These are the only volumes to appear so far and there is a gap from May to December 1991.
Davis Reference Row 17

Filmfacts. NY, 1958-1977.
International in scope. For each film gives personnel, synopsis, and copies of several reviews from major U.S. newspapers and sometimes magazines. Very handy for the years it covers. Includes trashy as well as legitimate films.
Davis Reference Row 17

Variety Film Reviews, 1907-1920-. NY: Bowker, 1983-Present.
Reprints reviews from Variety, the major trade publication for the film industry. Covers many obscure U.S. films and is particularly valuable for coverage of the international industry.
Davis Reference Row 17

Indexes Specifically to Film Reviews and Criticism:

Film Index International 1900-Present, updated annually.
The Film Index International database provides in-depth indexing of over 100,000 films - from the first silent movies to the latest blockbusters - and biographical information for over 40,000 personalities. Film Index International includes records on films from over 170 countries and has extensive coverage of international film awards. Its rich content also includes searchable plot summaries and full cast and crew lists, as well as references to periodical articles on film and filmmakers.

Interdisciplinary indexes that include film reviews and analysis:

Art Index. 1984-Present
Indexes and abstracts more than 300 key, international arts publications for subjects including archaeology, interior design, architecture, landscape architecture, art history, museology, city planning, painting, computer applications, photography, crafts, sculpture, film, television, folk art, textiles, graphic arts, video, and industrial design. The backfile now is available as: Art Index Retrospective. 1929-1984.

Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) 1980-Present
Arts & Humanities Citation Index covers 1,100 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals.

MasterFILE Premier Indexing, 1984-Present; selected full-text, 1990-Present
Abstracts and Indexing for over 2,700 periodicals, plus searchable full text for nearly 1,800 active periodicals. Covers all subject areas and includes a large number of mass-market and popular publications.

Expanded Academic ASAP Indexing and selected full-text 1980-Present
Indexing and selected full-text from more than 1,500 general interest, scholarly, and trade publications in all subject areas. Overlaps with the two above databases.

LexisNexis Academic 1980-Present
LexisNexis Academic covers general, regional and international news, company news and financial information, legal information (including law reviews, case law and legal rulings), and other topics such as biographical information. Many of the files are full-text.

Newspapers:

Newspaper Source 1995-Present
Abstracts and indexing for The New York Times and Wall Street Journal, full-text of the Christian Science Monitor, also full-text for a wide selection of Knight-Ridder papers.

New York Times Historical Newspaper 1851-1998
3,400,000 pages of full-text and full-image articles covering the entire publishing history of the newspaper. Includes reviews reprinted in the The New York Times Film Reviews set, above and any other film-related articles, interviews, etc. in the paper.

The Black Film Center Archive
The Black Film Center/Archive is a repository of films and related materials by and about African Americans, including films which have substantial participation by blacks as writers, actors, producers, directors, musicians, and consultants, as well as those which depict some aspect of black experience. Primarily a resource list of historic and contemporary Hollywood and independent films, the site is enhanced by a selection of historical film clips and a good collection of links.

blackfilm.com
This site serves as a resource for those interested in contemporary Black cinema. Reviews of Black produced, directed or starred in films are provided along with information on upcoming screenings of new films. Also features full-length articles, news about video and DVD releases, as well as information about conferences, screenings, and other events.

California Newsreel
California Newsreel is a distributor of documentary film. The African American Perspectives collection includes films about African American history and culture. The Library of African Cinema includes feature, as well as documentary, films about African life and culture.

Filmfinder @ House Library
FilmFinder is a searchable database of the more than 10,000 film titles available in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Undergraduate Library's Media Resources Center.

Separate Cinema
The focus of this site is to preserve the history and art of African Americans in film. This organization holds an extensive archive of "movie posters, lobby cards, stills and other materials" about Black cinema. The site includes online exhibits of movie posters in such categories as Blaxploitation, Harlem Goes West, and New Black Hollywood.

Stone Center Library Guide to the Web
The guide is a valuable resource for scholars and other researchers interested in African, African American, and African Diaspora history and culture. It includes websites on Film and Film Festivals.

The hyperlinks listed below are subject headings found in the UNC-Chapel Hill Catalog. These headings can be used with other library catalogs such as WorldCat (OCLC), which includes the holdings of U.S. and international libraries.

African American motion picture actors and actresses
African American motion picture producers and directors

African Americans in motion pictures
African Americans in motion pictures -- Bibliography
African Americans in motion pictures -- Catalogs
African Americans in motion pictures -- Congresses
African Americans in motion pictures -- History
African Americans in motion pictures -- Periodicals
African Americans in motion pictures -- United States
African Americans in motion pictures -- United States -- History

African Americans in the motion picture industry

Blacks in motion pictures
Blacks in the motion picture industry

Minorities in motion pictures

Race in motion pictures
Race relations in motion pictures
Racism in motion pictures

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