TY - BOOK TI - Movies of color : : Black Southern cinema. A portrait of independent African-American filmmaking SN - 0794202853 AV - PN1995.9.N4 PY - 2002/// CY - New York, NY : PB - Wellspring, KW - Williams, Spencer, KW - 1893-1969. KW - Micheaux, Oscar, KW - 1884-1951. KW - Gist, Eloyse. N1 - Originally released as a documentary in 2002. Special features: 2 bonus short films (an extra 107 minutes runtime): "The Blood of Jesus and "Go down, death"; weblinks; Cinematography, Michael Follmer ; editor, Mike Brower ; original music, Frank Schaap N2 - Black films of the 1920s through mid 1950s are shown as a mirror of the Black experience of the time. They developed as a reaction to the way African Americans were depicted by film makers such as D.W. Griffith. This program focuses on the innovative works of film makers Spencer Williams, Oscar Micheaux, Eloyse Gist, and Clarence Muse. Includes clips from their various works ER -