Chiefly papers presented at a conference held Jan. 1995, Yale University.
Reprint. Originally published by Indiana University Press, 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-339), filmography (pages 228-285) and index.
1. Black silence and the politics of representation / Clyde R. Taylor -- 2. The notion of treatment : black aesthetics and film: based on an interview with Peter Hessli and additional contributions from Pearl Bowser / Authur Jafa -- 3. From shadows 'n 'shufflin' to spotlights and cinema : the Lafayette Players, 1915-1932 / Francesca Thompson -- 4. The African-American press and race movies, 1909-1929 / Charlene Regester -- 5. Oscar Micheaux's Within our gates : the possibilities for alternative visions / Michele Wallace -- 6. Within our gates : from race melodrama to opportunity narrative / Jane Gaines -- 7. Oscar Micheaux's The symbol of the unconquered : text and context / Pearl Bowser and Louise Spence -- 8. To redream the dreams of white playwrights : reappropriation and resistance in Oscar Micheaux's Body and soul / Charles Musser -- 9. Black patriarch on the prairie: national identity and black manhood in the early novels of Oscar Micheaux / Jayna Brown -- 10. Telling white lies : Oscar Micheaux and Charles W. Chesnutt / Corey K. Creekmur -- 11. Planes, trains, and automobiles : the Flying Ace, the Norman Company, and the Micheaux connection / Phyllis R. Klotman -- 12. Colored Players Film Corporation: An alternative to Micheaux / Charles Musser ; Lost, then found: the wedding scence from The Scar of Shame (1929) / Pearl Bowswer -- 13. Richard D. Maurice and the Maurice Film Company / Pearl Bowser and Charles Musser -- 14. Cinematic foremothers : Zora Neale Hurston and Eloyce King Patrick Gist / Gloria J. Gibson -- Appendix A. The reemergence of Oscar Micheaux : a timeline and bibliographic essay / J. Ronald Green -- Appendix B. An Oscar Micheaux filmography : from the silents through his transition to sound. 1919-1931 / compiled by Charles Musser, Corey Creekmur, Pearl Bowser, Charlene Regester, and Louise Spence -- Appendix C. A Colored Players Film Corporation Filmography / compiled by Charles Musser -- Appendix D. Norman Film Manufacturing Company : production and theatrical release dates for all-black-cast films / compiled by Phyllis B. Klotman