Baldwin, James, 1924-1987

The devil finds work : an essay / James Baldwin. - New York : Vintage International, 2011. - 127 p. ; 21 cm.

James Baldwin At The Movies ...??Provocative, timeless, brilliant. Bette Davis's eyes, Joan Crawford's bitchy elegance, Stepin Fetchit's stereotype, Sidney Poitier's superhuman black man ...??These are the movie stars and the qualities that influenced James Baldwin ...??and now become part of his incisive look at racism in American movies. Baldwin challenges the underlying assumptions in such films as In the Heat of the Night, From The Birth of a Nation to The Exorcist--one of America's most important writers turns his critical eye to American film

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Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 --Knowledge--Performing arts.


Motion picture plays, American--History and criticism.
African Americans in motion pictures.

PS 3552 / B181d 2011

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