Evolution of African American throughout the History of Film

Race and Film

Early 1900’s• Ideology of White

patriarchal capitalism

• Antebellum: ”Pre-civil War”

- Minstrel Shows

• Donald Bolge-5 Types: Uncle Tom,

Mammy, Tragic Mulatto, Black Buck, and Miscegenation.

Stereotyping

• Jim Crow’s Law

• NAACP

• Production Code

Rules and Regulations

• Rise of home video market

• Modern Cinema• Film Industry (1995-

2010) • Ticket • Revenue

Film history

Film industry (1995–2010)[10]

All values in billionsYear Tickets Revenue

1995 1.22 $5.291996 1.26 $5.591997 1.42 $6.511998 1.44 $6.771999 1.44 $7.302000 1.39 $7.482001 1.44 $8.132002 1.58 $9.192003 1.55 $9.352004 1.49 $9.272005 1.40 $8.952006 1.41 $9.252007 1.40 $9.632008 1.39 $9.952009 1.42 $10.652010[N 1] 1.37 $10.89

• Black-faced Archetype of minstrel shows• Sambo• Mammy• Magic negro• Mandingo negro• Welfare queen

Historical Archetypes

• History of Black Panther Party• What they want and what they believe

Black Panther Party

60- Eyes on the Prize (1987)70- Women of Brewster Place (1989)80- Hoop Dreams (1994)90- Eve’s Bayou (1997)100- Lesson Before Dying (1999)

1- Within Our Gates (1920)10- Cabin in the Sky (1943)20- Sergeant Rutledge (1960)30- Brian’s Song (1971)40- Cooley High (1975)50- King (1978)

100 Top Classic Movies between 1920’s - 1999

• “Bamboozled”- New Line

Production: Directed: By Spike Lee

The 21st Century Films

Top 25 Films and Genre Frequencies

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Racial/Ethnic Identity Congruence  for the top 25 film

• Pursuit of Happiness (2006)

• American Gangster (2007)

• Hancock (2008)• Takers (2010)• For Colored Girls

(2010)• Brooklyn’s finest

(2010)

• Freedom Writers (2007)

• Daddy’s Little Girls (2007)

• Amazing Grace (2006)

• Johnsons Family Dinner (2008)

• I Can Do Bad All By Myself (2009)

• Speed-Dating (2010)

• Medea's Big Happy Family (2011)

Movies from 2006-2011

A Time to Kill Malcolm X

Movies