Black in the British Frame: The Black Experience in British Film and Television Second EditionIn this updated edition of Stephen Bourne's acclaimed and award-winning study, the author takes a personal look at the history of black people in popular British film and television. He documents, from original research and interviews, experiences and representations which have been ignored in previous media books about people of African descent. There are chapters about Paul Robeson, silent films, soap operas and much more--as well as several useful appendices including award winners and suggestions for further reading. |
Contents
1 The Uncle Tom Show | 1 |
2 Ernest Trimmingham | 7 |
Paul Robcson on Stage and Screen in Britain 192240 | 10 |
Film Extras and Bit Players | 32 |
Harlem Comes to London | 47 |
Television The First Thirty Years 193261 | 59 |
Men of Two Worlds | 72 |
A Man for All Seasons | 81 |
16 Lesbians and Gays | 153 |
Doing the White Thing | 168 |
18 Newton I Aduaka and Rage | 183 |
A Film and Television Drama Survey 19362001 | 192 |
Coloured Artistes on the Screen 1919 | 223 |
The Eighth Wonder of the World The Paul Robeson Letters | 225 |
Staying Power | 235 |
Greater Expectations | 239 |
Honky Tonk Woman | 91 |
A Very Unusual Othello | 99 |
A Class Act | 104 |
Nadia Cattouse Enrol John and A Man from the Sun | 111 |
Actors with Movie Cameras | 125 |
Standing in the Light | 132 |
15 Invisible Women | 142 |
Hidden Treasures | 243 |
Bibliography | 248 |
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