Reel Freedom: Black Film Culture in Early Twentieth-Century New York City

Contributor(s): Lopez, Alyssa (Author)

ISBN: 9781439924129

Publisher: Temple University Press

Hardcover

$110.50

Pub Date: April 4, 2025

Dewey: 302.23430899

LCCN: 2024039600

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Limited Edition

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.50" H x 9.00" L x 6.00" W ( 0.96 lbs) 250 pages

BISAC Categories:

Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: "Traces the origins of Black New Yorkers' interactions with cinema in the city, arguing that moviegoing was intimately tied to larger struggles for equality, inclusion, and modernity"--

Review Quotes: "In this well-written work, Lopez 'traces Black film culture in New York City from its origins in the early twentieth century to its firm establishment in the 1930s'.... A fascinating tribute to Black New Yorkers and the quest for representation in film."--Kirkus Reviews

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