From Trickster to Trope: How Black Folklore Was Twisted by Hollywood

Описание: #blackhollywood #stereotypes #blackmovies #blackface #minstrelsy #blackrepresentation
Unraveling 7 Hollywood Stereotypes of African-Americans... From blackface minstrel shows to Modern-day Hollywood.
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From the birth of American cinema, racial stereotypes have defined the depiction of Black people. This documentary identifies 7 Hollywood Stereotypes and their roots in minstrel shows to the modern-day. In between, we highlight how folktales and later, independent films like Bamboozled and Hollywood Shuffle, fought back to these portrayals.

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SOURCES:
The Jim Crow Museum - https://jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/inde...
https://bookshop.org/a/114982/9781783... - American Trickster: Trauma, Tradition and Brer Rabbit (affiliate link)



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ADDITIONAL VIEWING
Blackface: A cultural history of a racist art form (CBS Morning News)    • Blackface: A cultural history of a racist ...  


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CHAPTERS:


00:00 Introduction
01:15 Number 1: The Sambo
01:43 Stepin Fetchit
03:16 Brer Rabbit / High John The Conquerer
04:14 Number 2: Jim Crow
06:16 Amos n Andy radio / Blackface
07:06 Number 3: The Brute
07:43 Birth of A Nation
08:00 Oscar Michaeux
09:28 Number 4: The Mammy
9:35: Hattie McDaniel
10:46 Best Supporting Actress Oscar
12:13 Aunt Jemima
13:05 Number 5: The Magical N3gro
15:34 Song of the South / Splash Mountain
16:33 Number 6: The Sapphire
18:16 Bamboozled
19:33 Number 7: Jezebel (Dorothy Dandridge)
21:00 Halle Berry's Oscar win (Monster's Ball) / Kamala Harris
22:30 Conclusion

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