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Peterson, Bernard L., Jr. – Crisis, 1979
Although Oscar Micheaux was not the first Black American filmmaker, he was undoubtedly the most prolific Black American movie producer. He is credited with making the first full-length, all-Black silent film produced by a Black company, as well as the first full-length, all-Black sound film. (Author/MC)
Descriptors: Authors, Biographies, Blacks, Film Production
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Dobbs, Charles M. – Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, 1987
Points out that movies from the 1930's, 1940's, and 1950's are excellent resource materials for the history and social science classroom. Suggests some ways particular films can be used to study mainstream, white, middle-class attitudes toward various issues and groups. (RKM)
Descriptors: Filmographies, Films, Higher Education, History Instruction
Rothwell, Stephen J. – 1978
This bilingual annotated bibliography of French and English films about the Indians and Inuit of North America contains entries for more than 1200 films made between 1965 and 1978. Although most of the films are in English, about 100 French films are included. Their titles are listed alphabetically in an Index of "Films in French". There…
Descriptors: American History, American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies, Anthropology