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African American motion picture producers and directors -- Biography.
African American television producers and directors -- Biography.
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Bill Duke : my 40-year career on screen and behind the camera / Bill Duke.
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Duke, Bill, 1943- author.
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
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Duke, Bill, 1943-
African American motion picture producers and directors -- Biography.
African American television producers and directors -- Biography.
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9781538105559 (hardcover alkaline paper)
1538105551 (hardcover alkaline paper)
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xiv, 201 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Wyatt Jones Beer Garden -- Little Black Sambo -- Understanding hate -- Finding the skips -- Poetic license -- The awakening -- Higher learning -- A tumultuous time -- 1968: the death of courage -- Inspirations and aspirations -- A pool of regret -- Meditation -- Acting out -- Directing Hollywood -- The rainbow bridge -- Now what?
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"This is the memoir of Bill Duke, one of the first--and few--African Americans to direct for both television and feature films. Duke recalls his childhood, the importance of his family and mentors, and the challenges he faced as an African American--to not only achieve success as an actor, but more significantly as a director in a very white Hollywood"--
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791.43023 Duke Du
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