Contemporary Black American Cinema offers a fresh collection of essays on African American film, media, and visual culture in the era of global multiculturalism

This book examines how African American directors have depicted racial issues since the mid-90s, revealing the ways in which they both consciously avoid and som

“One of the rare collections I would recommend for use in undergraduate teaching – the chapters are lucid without being oversimplified and the contributors

The interdisciplinary quality of the anthology makes it approachable to students and scholars of fields ranging from film to culture to African American studies

A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' TOP BOOK OF THE YEAR • BOOKLISTS' EDITOR'S CHOICE • ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “At once a film book, a history book, and