Race and the Revolutionary Impulse in the Spook Who Sat by the Door - Paperback
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Race and the Revolutionary Impulse in the Spook Who Sat by the Door
Ivan Dixon's 1973 film, The Spook Who Sat by the Door, captures the intensity of social and political upheaval during a volatile period in American history. Based on Sam Greenlee's novel by the same name, the film is a searing portrayal of an American Black underclass brought to the brink of revolution. This series of critical essays situates the film in its social, political, and cinematic...
Michael T. Martin is Director of the Black Film Center/Archive and Professor of Cinema and Media Studies in the Media School at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is the editor or co-editor of six anthologies, including Redress for Historical Injustices in the United States: Slavery, Jim Grow, and Their Legacies; and The Poetics and Politics of Black Film: Nothing But a Man (IUP). He also...
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