Sisters in the Life: A History of Out African American Lesbian Media-Making (A Camera Obscura book)
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Sisters in the Life: A History of Out African American Lesbian Media-Making (A Camera Obscura book)
Sisters in the Life: A History of Out African American Lesbian Media-Making (A Camera Obscura book)

Sisters in the Life: A History of Out African American Lesbian Media-Making (A Camera Obscura book)

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Yvonne Welbon (Contributor) Alexandra Juhasz (Contributor)  

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From experimental shorts and web series to Hollywood blockbusters and feminist porn, the work of African American lesbian filmmakers has made a powerful contribution to film history. But despite its importance, this work has gone largely unacknowledged by cinema historians and cultural critics. Assembling a range of interviews, essays, and conversations, Sisters in the Life tells a full story of African American lesbian media-making spanning three decades. In essays on filmmakers including Angela Robinson, Tina Mabry and Dee Rees; on the making of Cheryl Dunye's The Watermelon Woman (1996); and in interviews with Coquie Hughes, Pamela Jennings, and others, the contributors center the voices of black lesbian media makers while underscoring their artistic influence and reach as well as the communities that support them. Sisters in the Life marks a crucial first step in narrating the history and importance of these compelling yet unsung artists. Contributors. Jennifer DeVere Brody, Jennifer DeClue, Raul Ferrera-Balanquet, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Thomas Allen Harris, Devorah Heitner, Pamela L. Jennings, Alexandra Juhasz, Kara Keeling, Candace Moore, Marlon Moore, Michelle Parkerson, Roya Rastegar, L. H. Stallings, Yvonne Welbon, Patricia White, Karin D. Wimbley 54 illustrations
Yvonne Welbon is the founder of the Chicago-based nonprofit Sisters in Cinema. She is an independent filmmaker whose films have screened on PBS, Starz/Encore, TV-ONE, IFC, Bravo, and the Sundance Channel and in over one hundred film festivals around the world. Alexandra Juhasz is Professor and Chair of the Department of Film at Brooklyn College, City University of New York; the coeditor of A Companion to Contemporary Documentary Film; and a documentary filmmaker.
  • Contributor: Yvonne Welbon
  • Imprint: Duke University Press
  • ISBN13: 9780822370710
  • Number of Pages: 296
  • Packaged Dimensions: 152x229mm
  • Packaged Weight: 544
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Duke University Press
  • Release Date: 2018-03-27
  • Series: A Camera Obscura book
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Yvonne Welbon is the founder of the Chicago-based nonprofit Sisters in Cinema. She is an independent filmmaker whose films have screened on PBS, Starz/Encore, TV-ONE, IFC, Bravo, and the Sundance Channel and in over one hundred film festivals around the world. Alexandra Juhasz is Professor and Chair of the Department of Film at Brooklyn College, City University of New York; the coeditor of A Companion to Contemporary Documentary Film; and a documentary filmmaker.

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