A complete history of first 100 years of black cast movie posters. Stunning images. From world's leading archive.

Presents the history of black-cast films through their posters, covering the years from 1915 to 1965 with two hundred full-color reproductions and a brief text

More than 100 years after the first movie delighted audiences, movie theaters remain the last great community centers and one of the few amusements any family c

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsNote on Film DatesIntroduction - The "Race" in Race Movies1. "Green Like Me"2. Desiring Others3. Race Movies: All-Black Ever

Too often dismissed as escapist entertainment or vilified as mass manipulation, popular cinema in the Third Reich was in fact sustained by well-established gene