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From Havana to Hollywood : slave resistance in the cinematic imaginary
Title
From Havana to Hollywood : slave resistance in the cinematic imaginary / Philip Kaisary.
ISBN
9781438498492
1438498497
9781438498508
1438498500
Publication
Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2024]
Physical Description
xvi, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary
"Centers Cuban cinema to explore how films produced in Havana or Hollywood differently represent Black resistance to slavery."-- Provided by publisher
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 03, 2024
Series
SUNY series, Afro-Latinx futures
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-229) and index.
Contents
Introduction : Havana, Hollywood, and the politics of slave resistance in the cinematic imaginary
"Our first cry of freedom" : from revolution to liberation in Gillo Pontecorvo's Burn!
"Cinema must be revolutionary in itself" : Afro-Cuban resistance, the Haitian Revolution, and Black comedy in Tomás Gutiérrez Alea's La última cena
Sergio Giral's 'Negrometrajes' : subverting sentimental abolitionism and reconstructing the history of slavery
The slave narrative in Hollywood : Steve Mcqueen's adaptation of Solomon Northup's Twelve years a slave.
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