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Author 1:Jim Pines
Title:Representation and Blacks in British Cinema
Published in:BFI Education
Edited by:
Place:London
Publisher:British Film Institue
Year:1991
Vol./No./Date:December
Pages:1-10
Location:TABB
Synopsis:Gives a survey of the important phases of the representation of blacks in British cinema from the 1950s to the 1980s. Films discussed in more detail are: "Sapphire", "Flame in the Streets", "Pressure", "Black Joy", "Babylon", "Blacks Britannica" and "Burning an Illusion".
Keyword 1:black
Keyword 2:white
Keyword 3:black filmmaking
Keyword 4:black British film
Keyword 5:filmmaking
Keyword 6:postcolonialism
Keyword 7:non-mainstream
Keyword 8:Britain
Keyword 9:representation
Keyword 10:colonialism
Keyword 11:mainstream
Keyword 12:British cinema
Keyword 13:race relations
Keyword 14:film
Film Reference 1:Sapphire
Film Reference 2:Pressure
Film Reference 3:Blacks Britannica
Film Reference 4:Burning An Illusion
Film Reference 5:Black Joy
Film Reference 6:Babylon

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