Entertainment-Wise, a Motherfucker: Critical Race Politics and the Transnational Movement of Melvin Van Peebles

Matthew Holtmeier

Entertainment-Wise, a Motherfucker: Critical Race Politics and the Transnational Movement of Melvin Van Peebles

Matthew Holtmeier

Department of Literature and Language

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Abstract

Excerpt: This article argues that that transnational movement of Melvin van Peebles is crucial in ending the dearth in African American feature film production in the United States after Oscar Micheaux’s The Betrayal (1948).

Original language	American English
Journal	Jump Cut
State	Published - Jul 11 2019

Keywords

Melvin Van Peebles
critical race politics

Disciplines

Film and Media Studies

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