Tom Thurman collection
Content Description
This collection consists of 31 Betacam SP videotapes, which contain raw footage of scholars interviewed for Tom Thurman's documentary, "Movies of Color: Black Southern Cinema. A Portrait of Independent African-American Filmmaking," as well as examples of pre-WWII films by African American filmmakers. The subject matter covered in the documentary includes African American arts and culture, primarily independently-made films with a southern focus prior to WWII, plus topics such as the Great Migration, segregated movie theaters, the shadow cast by D.W. Griffith and other creators of stereotypical images, and the careers of artists such as Spencer Williams, Oscar Micheaux, Eloyce Gist, and Clarence Muse.
Dates
- Other: 2000
Creator
- Thurman, Tom (Thomas L.) (Person)
Extent
31.00 items
Language of Materials
English
Condition Description
Good
- African American motion picture actors and actresses
- African American motion picture producers and directors
- African American women motion picture producers and directors
- African Americans in motion pictures
- Gist, Eloyse
- Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951
- Moving images
- Muse, Clarence
- Williams, Spencer, 1893-1969
- Title
- Tom Thurman collection
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Amistad Research Center Repository
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