Angelo J. Pompano
Books
Minorities in General
Friedman, Lester.
Unspeakable Images: Ethnicity and the American Cinema
. Urbana: U of Illinois P, 1991. (This book discusses the way ethnicity has been portrayed in American movies.)
Miller, Randall.
Ethnic Images in American Film and Television
. Philadelphia: Balch, 1978. (This book discusses the portrayal of ethnicity in both the movies and television.)
Toplin, Robert.
Hollywood as Mirror: Changing Views of "Outsider" and "Enemies" in American Movies
. Westport: Greenwood, 1993. (Gives examples of how movies have evolved in the portrayal of "the bad guy.")
Woll, Allen.
Ethnic and Racial Images in American Film and Television: Historical Essays and Bibliography
. New York: Garland, 1987. (A good discussion of how race is portrayed in the media.)
African Americans
Ashton, Charlotte.
The Changing Image of Blacks in American Film, 1944-1973
. Diss. Princeton, 1981. (A look at how African Americans have been portrayed in movies over the years.)
Donalson, Melvin B.
The Representation of Afro-American Women in Hollywood Feature Films, 1915-1949
. Diss. Brown, 1981. (This is good not only from a racial standpoint but from a gender standpoint as well.)
Murray, James.
To Find an Image: Black Films From Uncle Tom to Superfly
. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973. (A bit outdated but useful.)
Null, Cary.
Black Hollywood: From 1970 to Today
. Secaucus: Carol, 1993. (Features 700 photos and tell of the rise of many popular African American stars.)
Pines, Jim.
Blacks in the Cinema: The Changing Image
. London: British Film Institute, 1971. (Tells how the image of African Americans in the movies has changed over the years. It is somewhat outdated.)
Silk, Catherine.
Racism and Anti-Racism in American Pop Culture: Portrayals of African-Americans in Fiction and Film
. Manchester: Manchester UP, 1990. (Deals with books as well as movies.)
Asian Americans
Marchetti, Gina.
Romance and the 'Yellow Peril': Race, Sex, and Discursive Strategies in Hollywood Fiction
. Berkeley: U of California P, 1993. (About how Hollywood deals with interracial sexuality.)
Wong, Eugene F.
On Visual Media Racism: Asians in the American Motion Pictures
. New York: Arno, 1978. (Deals with anti-Asian racism in the movies.)
Mexican Americans
Fregoso, Rosa.
The Bronze Screen: Chicana and Chicano Film Culture
. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 1993. (Analyzes recent Chicano films and raises awareness of diversity issues.)
Noriega, Chon.
Chicanos and Film: Essays on Chicano Representation and Resistance
. New York: Garland, 1992. (Essays on the philosophy and culture of Chicano films.)
Petit, Arthur.
Images of the Mexican American in Fiction and Film
. College Station: Texas A&M UP, 1988. (Deals with books as well as film)
Native Americans
Bataille, Gretchen, and Charles Silet.
The Pretend Indians: Images of Native Americans in the Movies
. Ames: Iowa State UP, 1980. (About the inaccuracies of how Native Americans are portrayed in movies.)
Berkhofer, Robert.
The White Man's Indian: Images of the American Indian from Columbus to the Present
. New York: Knopf, 1978. (Explains the history of the image that Anglo-Americans have of Native-Americans. It is somewhat outdated.)
Clifton, James A.
The Invented Indian: Cultural Fictions and Government Policies
. New Brunswick: Transaction, 1990. (A collection of diverse essays dealing with Native Americans.)
Dippie, Brian.
Vanishing American: White Attitudes and U.S. Indian Policy
. Middletown: Wesleyan UP, 1982. (How white attitudes have influenced U.S. Indian Policy.)
Friar, Ralph.
The Only Good Indian: The Hollywood Gospel
. New York: Drama Book Specialists, 1972. (About the portrayal of Native Americans in motion pictures.)
Hirschfelder, Arlene.
American Indian Stereotypes in the World of Children: A Reader and Bibliography
. Metuchen: Scarecrow, 1982. (Shows young children have been given an inappropriate view of Native Americans.)
Video
African-American Cinema I
(1999) Library of Congress and Smithsonian Video: VHS Tape (Oscar Micheaux's Within Our Gates. Unseen for 75 years. This was a response to D. W. Griffith's A Birth of A Nation.)
That's Black Entertainment: African-American Contributions in Film and Music 1903-1944
VHS ~ (A two part video series that gives an overview of Blacks in film from the early 1900's to the 1940's.)