Minority Views: Liberator, American Cinema, and the 1960s African American Film Criticism

• Authors: Smoliński Sebastian
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

PL

Spojrzenie mniejszości. „Liberator”, kino amerykańskie i afroamerykańska krytyka filmowa lat 60. XX w.

Keywords

EN

“Liberator” magazine; African American cinema; civil rights movement; Black Arts movement; black radicalism; black press

PL

czasopismo „Liberator”; kino afroamerykańskie; ruch praw obywatelskich; ruch Black Arts; czarny radykalizm; czarna prasa

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Sztuki PAN
• Journal: Kwartalnik Filmowy
• Year: 2022
• Issue: 120 Kultura filmowa
• Pages: 144-163

Contributors

author

Smoliński Sebastian

• Uniwersytet Warszawski

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6161-6875

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