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African-Americans and American Film

• How the legacies of slavery and minstrel shows/blackface contributed to representations 78-81
  
• Film stereotypes of African Americans (Coon, Uncle Tom, Mammy, Tragic Mulatto, Black Buck) 79
  
• How the production code of Classical Hollywood limited roles available to African-Americans 82-83
  
• Progressive themes and problems associated with post-WWII social problem films on race 85-87
  
• How Hollywood profited from “blaxploitation” films and black & white “buddy movies” 88-89, 91
  
• Positive and negative images of African-Americans in contemporary film (give examples)
  98-99