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From Havana to Hollywood: Slave Resistance in the Cinematic Imaginary

From Havana to Hollywood: Slave Resistance in the Cinematic Imaginary

Kaisary, Philip

Paperback

Series: Suny Series, Afro-Latinx Futures

Caribbean HistoryFilm StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1438498489
ISBN13: 9781438498485
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Jan 2 2025
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.77
Height: 0.54 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Centers Cuban cinema to explore how films produced in Havana or Hollywood differently represent Black resistance to slavery.

From Havana to Hollywood examines the presence or absence of Black resistance to slavery in feature films produced in either Havana or Hollywood-including Gillo Pontecorvo's Burn!, neglected masterpieces by Cuban auteurs Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Sergio Giral, and Steve McQueen's Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave. Philip Kaisary argues that, with rare exceptions, the representation of Black agency in Hollywood has always been, and remains, taboo. Contrastingly, Cuban cinema foregrounds Black agency, challenging the ways in which slavery has been misremembered and misunderstood in North America and Europe. With powerful, richly theorized readings, the book shows how Cuban cinema especially recreates the past to fuel visions of liberation and asks how the medium of film might contribute to a renewal of emancipatory politics today.

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