Black Cinema Treasures: Lost and Found

by G. William Jones, Ossie Davis (Foreword)

Focusing on a much-neglected area of film experience in America, Black Cinema Treasures furthers the preservation of America’s cultural and historic heritage, especially its African-American heritage as seen through the eyes of the African-American independent filmmakers of the 1920s through the 1950s. Ossie Davis says that the collection is one of the best sources of black “self-consciousness” in America during those decades.

242 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Bill]

A good introduction, with some good resources. It's not compiled well enough for scholarly use, but may be a bit much for casual or introductory reading.