Dilemmas: the Tarner Lectures1953

by Manthia Diawara (Editor)

Excellent Book

Genres: Film

336 pages, Paperback

First published August 18, 1993

Reviews

[Autumn J Bee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very insightful collection of essays - particularly The Color Purple & She's Gotta Have it & Black Spectatorship and the resistance of the passive gaze.

[Lucy Lipscomb]

Okay okay okay I didn’t actually finish this but I did read a LOT of it for class so I’m going to say I read it

[Allyssa · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great resource I used for an upcoming project. I would say that some of the information is outdated by now, but the historical context given by essays within was still very helpful.

[Leigh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still offers some of the most useful essays on black film.

[Nijla Mumin · Rating 4 out of 5]

a must-read for any filmmaker/artist of color

[Kat · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little hard to read for non film makers... I found myself using it more as a point of reference than an interesting read.

[Mariel]

Anyone looking for an introduction to Black Cinema, from Oscar Micheaux to Julie Dash to Spike Lee, should definitely start here.