Colorization - by Wil Haygood (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"The author of The Butler and Showdown examines 100 years of Black movies--using the struggles and triumphs of the artists, and the films themselves, as a prism to explore Black culture and the civil rights movement in America. Beginning in 1915 with D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation--which glorified the Ku Klux Klan and became Hollywood's first blockbuster--Wil Haygood gives us an incisive, fascinating, little-known history, spanning more than a century, of Black artists in the film business, onscreen and behind the scenes. He makes clear the effects of changing social realities and events on the business of making movies and on what was represented on the screen: from Jim Crow and segregation to white flight and interracial relationships, from the assassination of Malcolm X to the O.J. Simpson trial to the Black Lives Matter movement. He considers the films themselves--including The Imitation of Life, Gone With the Wind, Porgy & Bess, the Blaxploitation films of the 70s, Do The Right Thing, 12 Years a Slave, and Black Panther. And he brings to new light the careers and significance of a wide range of historic and contemporary figures: Hattie McDaniel, Sidney Poitier, Berry Gordy, Alex Haley, Spike Lee, Billy Dee Willliams, Richard Pryor, Halle Berry, Ava Duvernay, and Jordan Peele, among many others. An important, timely book, Colorization gives us both an unprecedented history of Black cinema, and a groundbreaking perspective on racism in modern America"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>"At once a film book, a history book, and a civil rights book.... Without a doubt, not only the very best film book [but] also one of the best books of the year in any genre. An absolutely essential read." --<i>Shondaland</i></b> <p/>This unprecedented history of Black cinema examines 100 years of Black movies--from <i>Gone with the Wind</i> to Blaxploitation films to <i>Black Panther</i>--using the struggles and triumphs of the artists, and the films themselves, as a prism to explore Black culture, civil rights, and racism in America. From the acclaimed author of <i>The Butler</i> and <i>Showdown</i>. <p/>Beginning in 1915 with D. W. Griffith's <i>The Birth of a Nation--</i>which glorified the Ku Klux Klan and became Hollywood's first blockbuster--Wil Haygood gives us an incisive, fascinating, little-known history, spanning more than a century, of Black artists in the film business, on-screen and behind the scenes. <p/>He makes clear the effects of changing social realities and events on the business of making movies and on what was represented on the screen: from Jim Crow and segregation to white flight and interracial relationships, from the assassination of Malcolm X, to the O. J. Simpson trial, to the Black Lives Matter movement. He considers the films themselves--including <i>Imitation of Life, Gone with the Wind, Porgy and Bess, </i>the Blaxploitation films of the seventies, <i>Do The Right Thing, 12 Years a Slave, </i>and <i>Black Panther</i>. And he brings to new light the careers and significance of a wide range of historic and contemporary figures: Hattie McDaniel, Sidney Poitier, Berry Gordy, Alex Haley, Spike Lee, Billy Dee Willliams, Richard Pryor, Halle Berry, Ava DuVernay, and Jordan Peele, among many others. <p/>An important, timely book, <i>Colorization</i> gives us both an unprecedented history of Black cinema and a groundbreaking perspective on racism in modern America.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR</b> <p/>"This is an invaluable national memoir, seen through the ardent research -- and lived experience -- of the award-winning Black journalist and movie lover Wil Haygood...The white world he has in mind is America, to be exact. And Haygood anchors the opening of his survey in an extended contrast between the life and work of the commandingly influential director D.W. Griffith (whose disquieting 1915 masterpiece, "The Birth of a Nation," with its vividly racist underpinnings, was screened in Woodrow Wilson's White House for an appreciative audience) and that of the contemporaneous Black director Oscar Micheaux...the author's unflagging energy also serves as an effective reproach to any who still don't feel the frustration of how difficult it has been for so long for Black Americans to see themselves on screen and feel seen in the great American movie industry...At times "Colorization" has the feel of an almanac, or maybe it's an encyclopedia, or a time capsule timed right up to the minute. The archivist doesn't want to miss a detail or a moment. This is a memoir that demands update and expansion in the years to come." --Lisa Schwarzbaum; <i>NY Times Book Review</i> <p/>Haygood...has become a master craftsman, one whose joinery is seamless...This is sweeping history, but in Haygood's hands it feels crisp, urgent and pared down. He doesn't try to be encyclopedic. He takes a story he needs, tells it well, and ties it to the next one. He carries you along on dispassionate analysis and often novelistic detail....this is important, spirited popular history. Like a good movie, it pops from the start. -- Dwight Garner, <i>The New York Times<br></i><br>"This enthralling and impeccably researched study starts with the silent era and ends with the death of George Floyd. "In the life of Black Americans," Haygood writes, "photographs and moving images would come to be quite significant, illustrating both hardship and brutality." In addition to documenting the key texts, Haygood also delves into the stories of individuals like Dorothy Dandridge and Melvin Van Peebles." --Christopher Schobert, <i>The Film Stage</i> <i> <br> </i><br>"At once a film book, a history book, and a civil rights book, Haygood's tome is a stunning achievement in every possible way: extensively researched, intricately detailed, beautifully written, and massively entertaining. <i>Colorization</i> is, without a doubt, not only the very best film book of 2021, but it is also one of the best books of the year in any genre. An absolutely essential read." --Scott Neumyer, <i>Shondaland</i> <p/>The struggle of Black directors and actors to make movies on equal terms is explored in this sweeping historical study. Journalist and biographer Haygood (<i>The Butler</i>) surveys the Black presence in American cinema back to the silent era...Haygood centers his narrative on punchy biographical sketches of Black filmmakers and piquant making-of tableaux......ably filling in the historical context from the Harlem Renaissance to the George Floyd protests. The result is an engrossing account of a vital but often slighted cinematic tradition, full of fascinating lore. -- <i>Publishers Weekly</i> <p/>Like Black history, Black film is indisputably entwined with American history. Haygood (<i>Tigerland, 1968-1969</i>, 2018) emphasizes this point from the start of this captivating chronicle of a century...Haygood's defining history is as moving as it is enlightening. --Lesley Williams, <i>Booklist</i> (starred review)<i><br></i> <br>Hands down this year's very best book about film, <i>Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World</i> is precisely the book we need right now. [This] nearly 500-page tome examines the history of Black cinema from its horrifying beginning in 1915 with D.W. Griffith's <i>The Birth of a Nation</i> through the Blaxploitation films of the 1970s, and all the way to modern-day blockbusters like Marvel Studios' <i>Black Panther</i>. Haygood goes in-depth with classic films like <i>Porgy and Bess</i>, <i>Do the Right Thing</i>, and <i>12 Years a Slave</i>...and even digs deep into the work and life of iconic figures like Hattie McDaniel, Billy Dee Williams, Ava DuVernay, and Jordan Peele. And all of that is just scratching the surface of everything that <i>Colorization</i> encompasses. An absolutely essential read! --Scott Neumyer, <i>Shondaland<br></i> <br>Haygood creates an encyclopedic history of Blacks' film presence...A well-researched history of frustrations, defiance, and bold dreams--good for movie buffs and civil rights historians alike --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>WIL HAYGOOD is a former <i>Boston Globe</i> (where he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist) and <i>Washington Post</i> reporter. Haygood has received writing fellowships from the Guggenheim, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Alicia Patterson Foundations. His biographies of Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Sammy Davis Jr., Sugar Ray Robinson, and Thurgood Marshall have been widely acclaimed. Haygood also wrote the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller, <i>The Butler: A Witness to History</i>, which was adapted into an award-winning movie. Haygood is currently serving an appointment as Boadway Visiting Distinguished Scholar at his alma mater, Miami University, Ohio.
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