Race in American Film ─ Voices and Visions That Shaped a Nation

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, Joseph McBride, and Priscilla Ovalle• Includes color images that enrich the reader's experience and help bring compelling characters in film to live

Daniel Bernardi, PhD, is professor of cinema at San Francisco State University.Michael Green is professor of film studies and screenwriting at Arizona State University.