Library Research Guides: AFR 222: Images of Blacks & Women in American Cinema: Context & Overviews

Women in American Cinema

Reel Women
Call Number: Clapp Reference PN 1998.2 .A24 1991
Pioneers of the Cinema, 1896 to 1990
Gays and Lesbians in Mainstream Cinema
Call Number: Clapp Reference PN1995.9.H55 P37 1993
ISBN: 0899507913
A comprehensive filmography to homosexual characters in mainstream movies, 1914-1992, including full cast and credits, production information, reviews, and an analysis of the film.
Women Film Directors: An International Bio-Critical Dictionary by Foster, Gwendolyn
Call Number: Clapp Ref PN1998.2 .F67 1995
Women Filmmakers & Their Films by Unterberger, Amy L.
Call Number: Clapp Ref PN1998.2 .W66 1998

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers (e-book)
Publication Date: 2000
Provides detailed essays, authored by experts, on films and filmmakers, actors and actresses, directors, writers and other production artists. Also includes biographies; filmographies; comprehensive credits; major awards; and updated bibliographies.
Encyclopedia of Film Themes, Settings and Series by Armstrong, Richard B.
Call Number: Clapp Ref PN1997.8 .A76 2001

Reel Black Talk
Call Number: Clapp Reference PN1998.2 .M66 1997
A Sourcebook of 50 American Filmmakers
Blacks in Black and White
Call Number: Clapp Reference PN1995.9.N4 S2 1995
"Traces the history of the black film industry from its beginnings around 1910 to its demise in 1950" -- covers little-known directors, producers & actors
Frame By Frame (3 volumes)
Call Number: Clapp Reference PN 1995.9 .N4 F73
"A Filmography of the African Diasporan Image"

Vol. I covers 1900-1977
Vol. 2 covers 1978-1994
Vol. 3 covers 1994-2004
Blacks in American Films & Television
Call Number: Clapp Reference PN 1995.9 .N4 B58 1988

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