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Overview
At the 2007 Academy Awards' ceremony, an unprecedented number of Black performers received acting nominations, and two of the statues awarded that evening went to Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson. Indeed, since 2000, more African Americans have received 'scars than in the previous century. While the last few years have seen more and more Black performers receive acknowledgment by the Academy, it hasn't always been that way. African Americans and the 'scar': Decades of Struggle and Achievement highlights the advancements Black performers have made on the silver screen and how those performances were honored by the Academy. In the Academy's first 40 years, less than ten African Americans were cited for their work on screen and only two, Hattie McDaniel and Sidney Poitier, received competitive awards before the 1980s. This book profiles all the nominees and recipients of the coveted award in the acting, writing, and directing categories, beginning with the first: McDaniel's Best Supporting Actress win for her role in Gone with the Wind (1939). Each entry, organized chronologically and by name, provides valuable information about how the role or film was viewed during its time and also places it in historical context by drawing connections to other related awards or events in film history. In the introduction, Mapp's overview of the nomination process helps explain the historically low percentage of African Americans who have been nominated or received the honor. Also, appendixes provide lists of non-acting/directing nominees and winners, overlooked performances, and performers of nominated songs. Highlighting the achievements of Sidney Poitier, Whoopi Goldberg, Halle Berry, Morgan Freeman, Spike Lee, Jamie Foxx, Denzel Washington and others, this volume provides an enlightening history of the Black experience in Hollywood and will fascinate fans of all ages.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780810861053 |
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Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. |
Publication date: | 01/28/2008 |
Edition description: | Second Edition |
Pages: | 218 |
Product dimensions: | 5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d) |
About the Author
Edward Mapp is professor emeritus of Speech and Communications, City University of New York. He is the author of Blacks in American Films: Today and Yesterday (Scarecrow, 1972) and Directory of Blacks in the Performing Arts (Scarecrow, 1990), and co-author of A Separate Cinema, Fifty Years of Black-Cast Posters. His vast collection of original Black-cast film posters was presented in 1996 to The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for its Margaret Herrick Library.
Table of Contents
Introduction ix1939 Hattie McDaniel, Gone with the Wind 1
1946 James Baskett, Song of the South 5
1949 Ethel Waters, Pinky 7
1954 Dorothy Dandridge, Carmen Jones 9
1958 Sidney Poitier, The Defiant Ones 11
1959 Juanita Moore, Imitation of Life 13
1963 Sidney Poitier, Lilies of the Field 16
1967 Beah Richards, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 19
1969 Rupert Crosse, The Reivers 21
1970 James Earl Jones, The Great White Hope 23
1972 Diana Ross, Lady Sings the Blues 25
1972 Cicely Tyson, Sounder 27
1972 Paul Winfield, Sounder 29
1974 Diahann Carroll, Claudine 31
1981 Howard E. Rollins Jr., Ragtime 33
1982 Louis Gossett Jr., An Officer and a Gentleman 35
1983 Alfre Woodard, Cross Creek 37
1984 Adolph Caesar, A Soldier's Story 39
1985 Margaret Avery, The Color Purple 41
1985 Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple 43
1985 Oprah Winfrey, The Color Purple 45
1986 Dexter Gordon, 'Round Midnight 47
1987 Morgan Freeman, Street Smart 49
1987 Denzel Washington,Cry Freedom 51
1989 Morgan Freeman, Driving Miss Daisy 53
1989 Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing 55
1989 Denzel Washington, Glory 58
1990 Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost 61
1991 John Singleton, Boyz N the Hood 63
1992 Jaye Davidson, The Crying Game 66
1992 Denzel Washington, Malcolm X 68
1993 Angela Bassett, What's Love Got to Do with It? 71
1993 Laurence Fishburne, What's Love Got to Do with It? 73
1994 Morgan Freeman, The Shawshank Redemption 75
1994 Samuel L. Jackson, Pulp Fiction 77
1996 Cuba Gooding Jr., Jerry Maguire 80
1996 Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Secrets & Lies 83
1997 Spike Lee, 4 Little Girls 86
1999 Michael Clarke Duncan, The Green Mile 88
1999 Denzel Washington, The Hurricane 91
2001 Halle Berry, Monster's Ball 94
2001 Will Smith, Ali 97
2001 Denzel Washington, Training Day 99
2002 Queen Latifah, Chicago 101
2003 Djimon Hounsou, In America 102
2004 Jamie Foxx, Collateral 104
2004 Jamie Foxx, Ray 106
2004 Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby 108
2005 Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda 111
2005 Terrence Howard, Hustle & Flow 114
2005 Sophie Okonedo, Hotel Rwanda 116
2006 Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond 117
2006 Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls 119
2006 Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls 122
2006 Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness 125
2006 Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland 128
Filmographies 131
African American Oscar Nominees (Non-Acting/Directing/Writing) 165
Overlooked Worthy Performances by African American Actors 167
African American Performers of Nominated Songs at Oscar Ceremonies, A Select List 169
Bibliography 173
Index 177
About the Author 191
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