Part 1 Editor's Foreword Part 2 Acronyms and Abbreviations Part 3 Chronology Part 4 Introduction Part 5 THE DICTIONARY Part 6 Appendixes Chapter 7 A. NAACP Image Award Winners Chapter 8 B. African American Academy Award Winners Chapter 9 C. African American Golden Globe Award Winners Chapter 10 D. Black FIlmmakers Hall of Fame Inductees Chapter 11 E. Top-Grossing African American Films Chapter 12 F. Top-Grossing Films Directed by African American Women Chapter 13 G. Top-Grossing Films Directed by African American Men Part 14 Bibliography Part 15 Internet Sources Part 16 About the Authors
S. Torriano Berry is associate professor at Howard University's Department of Radio, Television, and Film. He is an award-winning independent filmmaker who has created and produced the anthology series Black Independent Showcase and Black Visions/Silver Screen: Howard University Student Film Showcase for WHUT - TV 32, in Washington, D.C. Venise T. Berry is associate professor of journalism and mass communication at the University of Iowa. She is the author of three best-selling novels. In 2003, the Zora Neale Hurston Society honored Venise for her Creative Contributions to Literature.
...especially useful...
*The Big Reel, July/August 2007*
Recommended for academic and school libraries as well as for larger
public libraries because of its sweeping scope and as the only
recent such encyclopedic overview available.
*Library Journal, 5/1/2007*
This resource would be an excellent addition to any African
American and multicultural reference collection for any library and
audience. Highly recommended. All levels.
*CHOICE, November 2007, Vol. 45, No. 3*
Berry and Barry devote considerable time and care to examining the
lasting effects of various racisms on African American Cinema...
Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema should...be high
on the list of a library's desired acquisitions.
*American Book Review*
...comprehensive overview of the genre.
*American Reference Books Annual, March 2008*
Hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries describe a wide variety
of films portraying African Americans and offer brief biographies
of the actors, actresses, producers, directors, and others who
created them. Supplemental materials include an introduction, a
chronology, and a list of winners of the NAACP Image Award. S.
Torriano Berry (film, Howard U.) and Venise T. Berry (journalism
and mass communications, U. of Iowa) are also the authors of The 50
Most Influential Black Films.
*Reference and Research Book News, May 2007*
This introduction history provides a valuable and highly readable
overview about African American cinema. It gives readers a sense of
the depth and richness of the African American presence in films
and their important role in shaping American culture and values.
Overall, the book is well written and researched and makes an
important scholarly contribution.
*Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Spring 2009*
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