Civil Rights, Labor, and Sexual Politics on Screen in Nothing But a Man (1964)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15415598 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Smith Smith (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 164-164 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Black Camera (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1536-3155 • E-ISSN: 1947-4237 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/blackcamera.3.2.164 |
| OpenAlex | W3151584633 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
The independently made 1964 film Nothing But a Man is one of a handful of films whose production coincided with new civil rights insurgency and benefited from activists' input. Commonly listed in 1970s surveys of black film, the film lacks sustained critical attention in film studies or in-depth historical analysis given its significance as a landmark text of the 1960s. Documentary-like, but not a documentary, it offers a complex representation of black life, but it was scripted, directed, and filmed by two white men, Michael Roemer and Robert Young
Art · Civil rights · Epistemology · Nothing · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Cinema and Media Studies · Law · Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis · Philosophy · Race, History, and American Society
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |