A recently released book by author Cara Caddoo entitled,” ENVISIONING FREEDOM: Cinema and the Building of Modern Black Life” (Havard University Press, 2014) is a valiant and insightful rectification of the White-washing of the history of early cinema. With methodical attention to detail and engaging prose that brings the conflicts and the characters of history to life, Caddoo corrects the omission of Black people from the narrative of the early history of cinema. Caddoo emphasizes, much like film scholar Anna Everett (Returning the Gaze) did with a history of Black film criticism before her, how deeply integral Blacks, the Black church and early Black filmmakers were to the early popularity of the new medium of Cinema (1895-1918). “In fact, it is impossible to tell the story of twentieth-century Black public life and its institutions without considering the catalytic role of the moving pictures (pg.5),” asserts the author.
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 23:50:57 +0000
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