Bibliograph

Close up in Black, African American film posters from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Type

Label

Close up in Black, African American film posters from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Close up in Black

Oclc number

53909258

Series statement

E.A. Welsh collection

Sub title

African American film posters from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Summary

125 historically and artistically significant black-cast film posters (1921-2001) from the Edward Mapp Collection at the Academys Margaret Herrick Library. The book includes a foreword by library director Linda Harris Mehr, an introduction by professor/collector Edward Mapp, an essay by historian Thomas Cripps, who served as a consultant to this exhibition and a complete index

Table Of Contents

Foreword / by Linda Harris Mehr -- Introduction / by Edward Mapp -- Movie posters: the paper trail of Black movie history / by Thomas Cripps

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Close-up in Black

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