The Politics of Race in American Film
by London School of Economics and Political Science · 4 episodes
Education
What can film teach us about the evolution of racial politics and depictions of race in the United States? In this series, we’ll be exploring key questions around the impact, influence, and significance of film as a form of social analysis, engagement, and critique. We will examine how racial politics in America are represented by its films, Hollywood cinema’s role in how race is framed, and how this framing has contributed to broad, intersectional representations of racial inequality. We will examine recent films – including Moonlight, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Black Panther, The Florida Project, Paterson, and mo...
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The Politics of Race in American Film: Episode 4, Hollywood Representations of Blackness
Contributor(s): Cheryl Bedford, Lanre Bakare, Sam Mejias | In this episode of The Politics of Race in American Film, Dr. Clive James Nwonka hosts a conversation with Cheryl Bedford…
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The Politics of Race in American Film: Episode 3, Class, Gender and Freedom at the Edges of American Society
Contributor(s): Melanie Hoyes, Dr. Luisa Heredia | In this episode of The Politics of Race in American Film, Dr. Clive James Nwonka hosts a conversation with Melanie Hoyes (British…
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The Politics of Race in American Film: Episode 2, Race, Space, and The City
Contributor(s): Dr. Suzanne Hall, Dr. Austin Zeiderman | In this episode of The Politics of Race in American Film podcast, Dr. Clive James Nwonka discusses the films Paterson and T…
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38 min
The Politics of Race in American Film
Contributor(s): Dr. Clive James Nwonka | In this series, we’ll be exploring key questions around the impact, influence, and significance of film as a form of social analysis, engag…