Shaping the Future of African American Film: Color-Coded Economics and the Story Behind the Numbers

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Shaping the Future of African American Film Shaping the Future of African American Film Color-Coded Economics and the Story Behind the Numbers MoNiCA WhitE NdouNou RutgERS uNivERSity PRESS NEW BRuNSWiCk, NEW JERSEy, ANd LoNdoN LiBRARy oF CoNgRESS CAtALogiNg-iN-PuBLiCAtioN dAtA Ndounou, Monica White, 1976– Shaping the future of African American film : color-coded economics and the story behind the numbers / Monica White Ndounou. pages cm Includes filmography. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–8135–6256–8 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–0–8135–6255–1 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–0–8135–6257–5 (e-book) 1. African Americans in the motion picture industry. 2. Motion pictures— Economic aspects—United States. 3. Motion picture industry—Finance—United States. 4. African American motion picture producers and directors. 5. African Americans in motion pictures. I. Title. PN1995.9.N4N36 2013 791.43'652996073—dc23 2013021946 A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. Copyright © 2014 by Monica White Ndounou All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press, 106 Somerset Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. The only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defined by U.S. copyright law. Visit our website: http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu Manufactured in the United States of America For my family, ancestors and descendants ...