>From: Cal <[log in to unmask]>: > >On Tue, 20 Feb 1996 14:53:08 -0600 Chad Dell said: >>Though I don't recall a direct reference, Mary Carbine's work on Black-owned >>and operated cinemas in Chicago in the 1920s is an illuminating work in that >>area. She write of the jazz bands that accompanied the silent films, >>creating quite a different spectatorial experience altogether. > >Does anyone have a more complete cite to work on Black exhibition in any >era? > See Chapter 8 of Douglas Gomery's _Shared Pleasures: A History of Movie Presentation in the Unites States_ (Wisconsin 1992) on "Movie Theaters for Black Americans." See also: Lawrence Cohn, "The Box Officer." _Premiere_. July 1, 1994: 41-44. Summary: "Movies from African-American directors score high on the low-budget, big-audience meter. Here are the stats, stores, and trends from Melvin Van Peebles to Matty Rich." Gregory A. Waller, "Another Audience: Black Moviegoing, 1907-16." _Cinema Journal_ 31:2 (Winter 1992): 3-25. Jacqueline Bobo, "'The Subject is Money": Reconsidering the Black Film Audience as a Theoretical Paradigm. _Black American Literature Forum_. 25: 2 (Summer 1991) 421-432. Mary Carbine, "The Finest Outside the Loop": Motion Picture Exhibition in Chicago's Black Metropolis, 1905-1928." _Camera Obscura_ 23 (May1990) : 9-42. Felecia G. Jones. "The Black Audience and the BET Channel." Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. 34: 4 (Fall 1990) 477-486. Paula W. Matabane, "Television and the Black Audience: Cultivating Moderate Perspectives on Racial Integration." _Journal of Communication_ 38: 4 (Fall 1988): 21-32. Regards, Jim Castonguay UW-Milwaukee >------------------------------------------------------------------- >Cal Pryluck, Radio-Television-Film, Temple University, Philadelphia ><[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]> > >---- >To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L >in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] > ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]