Barbara W. Winters
Amelio, Ralph J. Film in the Classroom: Why To Use It, How To Use It. Dayton, OH: P. F. Flown/Standard, April 1969.
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This book provides a description of a two semester film study course for high school and college teachers interested in setting up a film department. Not only is there a set of objectives, but there are suggested activities information on how to use discussion. It is available in the Hillhouse High School Library in New Haven.
Billingsley, Andrew. Black Families in White America. New York, A Touchstone Book by Simon and Schuster Inc., 1968.
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This text focuses on the historical background of the Negro family. Billingsley provides his perspective of black families from slavery through migration to the North and Reconstruction.
Bogle, Donald, Toms, Coons, Bucks, Mammies, and Mulattoes: Blacks in U.S. Films. NY, Crossroad, 1988.
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The author discusses the struggles of black actors. A review may be helpful in comparing the actors’ presentation of real people and guiding students to the truth as opposed to the dramatic rendering.
Bottomore, S. “The Coming of the Cinema”. History Today, vol.46, March 1996, pages 14-20.
Burgoyne, Robert. Film Nation: Hollywood Looks at U. S. History. Minnesota, 1997.
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The author includes Malcolm X in a discussion of slavery and industrial exploitation and their depiction by contemporary
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American filmmakers.
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Cripps, Thomas. Making Movies Black: The Hollywood Message Movie from World War II to The Civil Rights Era. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
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The idea that popular culture reflects society’s values is examined.
Harrison-Ross, Phyllis and Wyden, Barbara. The Black Child: A Parents’ Guide. New York: Peter H. Wyden Books, 1973.
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This is actually a guide to rearing children. Like the classroom textbooks, its content may be used to support the illustrations of positive parenting uncovered in the films and videos featured in this unit.
James, David E., Allegories of Cinema: American Film in the “60s. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1989.
Klawans, S. (review of “Four Little Girls) The Nation Magazine. Vol. 265, July 28 to Aug. 4, 1997.
Murray, James P. To Find An Image: Black Films From Uncle Tom to Super Fly. New York, NY: Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc., 1973.
Noble, Peter, The Negro in Films: The Literature of Cinema. New York: Arno Press and the NY Times, 1970.
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This reference includes a list of films from the earliest (about 1902) to wartime (1947). There is also a discussion of major actors. Peter Noble is considered a leading authority on African Americans in film. The volume is available in the library at Hillhouse High School in New Haven.
Rivlin, Harry N. Teaching Adolescents in Secondary Schools. New York: Appleton-Century Crofts Inc., 1961.
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While this general text may appear dated, the basic principles offer support for classroom approaches and techniques, even with today’s adolescents.
Rosenstone, Robert A. Revisioning History: Film and the Reconstruction of a New Past. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1995.
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While the book is actually a collection of the works of historians from around the world, the introduction by Rosenstone and its content demonstrate that the written word is but one way to understand history.
Sheridan, Marion C., The Motion Picture and the Teaching of English. Appleton Century Crofts, 1965.
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Although dated, this reference was written by the former Chairman of the English Department at Hillhouse High School and offers much for today’s classroom. It is out of print, but a copy is available in the Hillhouse High School library.
Stone, O. “A Filmmaker’s Credo: Some Thoughts on Politics, History, and the Movies”. The Humanist, vol. 56, Sept./Oct.1996, pages 3-6.