History & Theory

The Race Film From Actuality to Industry

The Race Film From Actuality to Industry a brief survey of Race Films from 1915 to 1947 by Sara Schieron

1. Dancing Darkey Boy, 1897

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French New Wave In the 50s, a collective of intellectual French film critics, led by André Bazin and Jacques Donial-Valcroze, formed the groundbreaking journal of film criticism Cahiers du Cinema. They, in turn, had been influenced by the writings of French film critic Alexandre Astruc, who had argued for breaking away from the "tyranny of narrative" in favor of a new form of film (and sound) language.

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