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The World of Black Film: A Journey Through Cinematic Blackness in 100 Films With a Foreword by Sir John Akomfrah Ashley Clark 9781529438253

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Expected release date is 12th Feb 2026

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The World of Black Film is an entertaining, informed, and thought-provoking survey of important and influential Black films from around the globe, from to the early days of cinema to now. Starting with the unfinished silent film Lime Kiln Club Field Day (1913) and concluding with Steve McQueen's World War II epic Blitz (2024), the book takes readers on an exciting journey through an eclectic mix of classics and hidden gems that spans more than 100 years and thirty countries. Beautifully designed and bursting with film imagery, this book will appeal to general film fans, enthusiasts of Black cinema, educators, and students alike.
Includes a foreword by Sir John Akomfrah, CBE RA.

Films and directors include:
Black Orpheus (Marcel Camus, 1959)
Black Girl (Ousmane Sembene, 1966)
Hollywood Shuffle (Robert Townsend, 1987)
Malcolm X (Spike Lee, 1992)
Belle (Amma Asante, 2013)
Timbuktu (Abderrahmane Sissako, 2015)
Moonlight (Barry Jenkins, 2016)
Black Panther (Ryan Coogler, 2018)
Saint Omer (Alice Diop, 2022)
Dahomey (Mati Diop, 2024)
Blitz (Steve McQueen, 2024)



About the Author
Ashley Clark is a writer, broadcaster, and film programmer. He has organized numerous film seasons at international venues including London's BFI Southbank, New York's Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Toronto's TIFF Lightbox. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, and Sight & Sound, and he is the author of Facing Blackness: Media and Minstrelsy in Spike Lee's Bamboozled (2015). Ashley was born in London, lives in Jersey City, and works in New York, where he has been the curatorial director of the Criterion Collection since 2020.


Book Information
ISBN 9781529438253
Author Ashley Clark
Format Hardback
Page Count 224
Imprint Laurence King Publishing
Publisher Quercus Publishing
Dimensions(mm) 236mm * 196mm * 22mm

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