Film Movements

Obscure 20th Century Movements in Art, Music, and Film: A Complete Guide to Forgotten Avant-Garde Culture The 20th century gave us Cubism, Surrealism, and Hollywood — but beneath the spotlight thrived a hidden world of radical, experimental movements that reshaped culture from the shadows. This book uncovers the obscure art, music, and film movements that defied convention, challenged society, and left behind a lasting legacy. From the raw noise of New York’s No Wave scene to the playful absurdity of Fluxus, the sonic revolution of Musique Concrète, and the shocking performances of ...

From Donald Bogle, the award-winning author of Hollywood Black and leading authority on Black cinema history, this is a first-of-its-kind comprehensive and lavish biography of Hollywood’s first African American movie goddess. Lena Horne’s life and career are truly remarkable in American film...

On October 5, 2017, the New York Times published an article by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey that helped change the world. For months Kantor and Twohey had been having confidential discussions with top actresses, former Weinstein employees and other sources, learning of disturbing, long-buried allegations. The journalists meticulously picked their way through a web of decades-old secret payouts and nondisclosure agreements, pressed some of the most famous women in the world to risk going on the record.

"I am the master of my soul. I am the captain of my fate." In a golden era of Hollywood, Sidney Poitier did something more difficult than becoming a star: he became a standard. At a time when the world was designed to diminish him, Poitier stood tall, refusing to trade his dignity for a paycheck or his soul for a spotlight. He wasn't just an actor; he was the Moral Center. THE MORAL CENTER: The Dignity of Sidney Poitier in Quotes is an immersive exploration of the architect of human stature. This is not a standard biography—it is a tactical manual for anyone seeking to build a life of ...

Maya Angelou's six volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy, achievement and celebration. In this first...

Born in London, in 1889, Charlie Chaplin grew up in dire poverty. Both his parents were in show business, but severe alcoholism cut short his father's flourishing career, and his beloved mother first lost her voice, then lost her mind to syphilis. Charlie, at age seven, was committed to the Hanwell School for Orphans and Destitute Children. How then did this poor, lonely child become such an extraordinary comedian, known and celebrated worldwide? Chaplin cut his teeth in British music halls, but it was America that made him.

In this scintillating combination of critical race theory, social commentary, veganism, and gender analysis, media studies scholar Aph Ko offers a compelling vision of a reimagined social justice movement. Through a subtle and extended examination of Jordan Peele’s hit 2017 movie Get Out, Ko shows the many ways that white supremacist notions of animality and race exist through the consumption and exploitation of flesh. She demonstrates how a critical historical and social understanding of anti-blackness can provide the pathway to genuine liberation.

In an evolving networked era, social-issue documentaries like Blackfish are art for civic imagination and social critique. In Story Movements, producer and scholar Caty Borum Chattoo explores how documentaries disrupt dominant cultural narratives through complex, creative, often investigative storytelling.

Maya Angelou's six volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy, achievement and celebration.In this first...