Black Directors in Hollywood

Index

I N D E X Page numbers in italics indicate photographs. 2 Live Crew, 260 3-2-1 Contact, 271 4 Little Girls (Lee), 114 12 Angry Men, 58 21 Jump Street, 141, 280 48 Hours, 225, 307 400 Blows, The, 168 Aaliyah, 191 Aaron Loves Angela (Gordon Parks Jr.), 46, 50, 279 Abbott, Diahhne, 211 Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 63 Academy Award, 4, 13, 31, 58, 67, 113, 129, 302 Acapulco Black Film Festival, 234 Action Jackson, 287 Adiós Amigo (Williamson), 55–56 Adler, Stella, 141; acting school of, 218 Afrika Bambaataa, 73 Aiello, Danny, 102, 123, 226, 292 Ailey, Alvin, 195 Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death, 61 Ajaye, Franklyn, 81 Ali, Muhammad, 9, 76 Alice, Mary, 126, 139, 201 Alien, 321 Allen, Debbie, 175, 212 Allen, Woody, 1, 218, 250 Altman, Robert, 55, 80, 273 Amazing Grace (Lathan), 70–71 Amazing Stories, 309 Ambushed (Dickerson), 151 America Becoming (Burnett), 125–127 American Film Institute, 179, 287, 298 American Flyers, 218 American Gigolo, 287 American Graffiti, 79 American Negro Theater, 31 American Place Theater, 78 American Shakespeare Festival, 64 American Society of Composers, Authors , and Publishers (ASCAP), 268 America’s Dream: Long Black Song (Sullivan), 245 America’s Dream: The Boy Who Painted Christ Black, 287 Amistad, 322 Amos, John, 36 Anaconda, 274 Anderson, Adisa, 180 Anderson, M. Cochise, 180 Anderson, Richard, 127 Angelou, Maya, 132, 175, 200–203, 201 Annie Hall, 250 Annis, Francesca, 215 Answer, The, 96 Anthony, Paul, 254 Apocalypse Now, 268 Arrested Development, 319 Arrindell, Lisa, 92, 115 Arsenio Hall Show, The, 129 Arzner, Dorothy, 174 ASCAP. See American Society of Composers , Authors, and Publishers Asher, Reuben, 194 Assa, René, 290 A-Team, The, 298 Attenborough, Richard, 42 Atwell, Rick, 36 Aumont, Jean-Pierre, 67 Austen, Jane, 304 ‘‘auteur’’ theory of directing, 2 3 5 5 AVCO/Embassy Pictures, 156 Avery, Margaret, 83, 84 B., Tina, 73 Baa Baa Black Sheep, 51 Bad Boys, 237 Baker, Blanche, 93 Baker, Joe Don, 146 Baldwin, Stephen, 283, 283 Bale, Christian, 305, 305 Bambara, Toni Cade, 175 Banks, Tyra, 133 B*A*P*S (Townsend), 195, 223–225 Baraka, Amiri, 61 Barclay, Paris, 267–270 Baretta, 79 Barnette, Neema, 175 Bartok, Jayce, 306 Basic Instinct, 159 Bass, Ron, 309 Bassett, Angela, 112, 245, 246, 309 Bay, Michael, 13 Beach, Michael, 188, 243, 299, 309 Beals, Jennifer, 300 Beanman, 269 Beastie Boys, 91 Beat Street (Lathan), 71–73, 72, 90, 252, 256 Bebe’s Kids, 234 Bee Gees, 84, 85 Belafonte, Harry, 32, 35, 72 Bellamy, Bill, 240, 271, 272 Bellamy, Ralph, 91 Belly (Williams), 172–173, 172 Belzer, Richard, 120 Benjamin, Paul, 103 Benjamin, Richard, 86 Bennett, Lerone Jr., 22 Benson, 62, 228, 260 Benton, Jerome, 214, 214, 216 Berg, Peter, 117 Bergen, Polly, 166 Bergman, Ingmar, 232 Bergman, Ingrid, 9 Berkoff, Steven, 215, 216 Bernsen, Corbin, 262 Berry, Halle, 110, 122, 224, 235, 280, 282 Best Intentions, 280 Bethune, Mary McLeod, 99 Beverly Hills Cop, 225 Beverly Hills Cop II, 225 Beyer, Troy, 91, 175, 194–197, 196, 224 Bigelow, Katherine, 174 Billboard Music Video Award, 314 Billings, Earl, 299 Bingo Long Travelling All-Stars and Motor Kings, The, 67, 211 Bird, 106, 309 Bird on a Wire, 287 Birth of a Nation, The, 96 B. J. and the Bear, 256 Black, Doris, 138 Black Caesar, 55 black directors: challenges of, in Hollywood , 3–5 Black Dog (Hooks), 85, 280, 285–286 Black Filmmaker Foundation, 234 Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Award, 242 Black Girl (Davis), 26, 27, 28–29 Black Journal, 70 Black Like Me, 64 Black Panthers, 146–147 Blacks, Blues, Blacks, 200 Blacks, The, 64 black women directors: challenges of, in Hollywood, 174–175 Blanchard, Terence, 111, 190 Blaustein, Barry W., 235 blaxploitation, 45, 63, 118, 228 Blige, Mary J., 191 Blind Faith (Dickerson), 151 Blow, Kurtis, 90, 91 Blue Collar, 211 Blue Knight, The, 305 Blue Magic, 234 Blue Streak, 237 Blythewood, Reggie, 119 Boatman, Michael, 127, 128, 128 Bocho, Steven, 268 Bogle, Donald, 46, 210 Bond, Cynthia, 257 Bond, James III, 256–258, 257 Bonds, De’Aundre, 119, 262 3 5 6 B L A C K D I R E C T O R S I N H O L LY W O O D Bonnie and Clyde, 46 Book of Numbers (St. Jacques), 64, 65 Boomerang (Hudlin), 234, 235–236, 237, 238, 239, 251, 265, 280 Booty Call, 240, 253 Borrego, Jesse, 185–186...