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This expansive three-volume set investigates racial representation in film, providing an authoritative cross-section of the most racially significant films, actors, directors, and movements in American cinematic history.* Views the films via a historical approach in which every subject is considered both through a contemporary lens and in terms of the time of its production and initial reception* Provides up-to-date information on recent movies such as Selma (2014) , The Fast and The Furious (2001-2015) , 12 Years a Slave (2013) , Django Unchained (2012) , and Lone Survivor (2013) * Provides readers with the information and background necessary to form informed views about racial representation in film -- still an important "hot-button" subject today* Edited by top scholars in the field, Daniel Bernardi and Michael Green, and contains entries by other important experts, such as Andrew Gordon and Priscilla Ovalle.
About the Author
Michael Green is an American television and film writer, as well as a comic book scripter. Green grew up in Mamaroneck, New York. Green has been a contributor for Superman/Batman. He will also co-write a Green Lantern movie with Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim, set for release in 2011. He wrote the six-issue story arc "Lovers and Madmen" for Batman Confidential. Green was a producer and writer on Everwood and Heroes. Green is the creator and writer of Kings, an NBC drama based on the biblical story of King David but set in an alternate present. Kings premiered on 15 March 2009 but was cancelled soon after. The remainder of season 1 (thirteen episodes) was shown in the summer of 2009.
