African-American Screen-Writers Now: Conversations With Hollywood's Black Pack - Softcover

Harris, Erich Leon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1879505282 ISBN 13: 9781879505285

Publisher: Silman-James Pr, 1996

Synopsis

Hollywood is seeing a great influx of young African-American filmmakers who collectively are altering the face of American filmmaking. This title brings together interviews that paint a vivid picture of the opportunities and obstacles that is faced by black filmmakers in Hollywood.

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Review:

Reading William Froug's Zen and the Art of Screenwriting, screenwriter Erich Leon Harris realized that, as much as he liked it, none of the writers who were interviewed was black. Not being one to complain, Harris fired off a proposal to the publishers and wound up with a deal to do his own book. While African American Screenwriters Now has a different cultural lens with which to approach the craft, this collection has the same range--from the prosaic to the passionate--as the volume that inspired it.

From the Back Cover:

Hollywood is currently seeing a great influx of young African-American filmmakers who collectively are altering the face of American filmmaking. African-American Screenwriters Now brings together recent interviews with both up-and-coming and established screenwriters, some of whom also work as directors and producers, and paints a vivid picture of the opportunities and obstacles that face today's black filmmakers in Hollywood. These writers discuss their influences, their goals, the birth of stories, the writing process, getting work, and getting films made, alongside their comments on racial barriers and the portrayal of blacks in film.

About this edition

• Publisher: Silman-James Pr
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1879505282
• ISBN 13: 9781879505285
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 277