From Cabin in the Sky to Wakanda

What we watch on television and in the movies shapes our thinking and culture in general. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, to hear about Oscar Micheaux, a pioneering Black/African American filmmaker from the early 20th Century. They’ll also share examples of systemic racism in the television and motion picture industry and the creative ways Black/African Americans are beating the Hollywood system. Please review us at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1528399551 Your 5-star rating will help us promote more content like this.

Citations

“2020 Hollywood Diversity Report: A different story behind the scenes,” Jessica Wolf, UCLA Newsroom, February 6, 2020.

“Black representation in film and TV: The challenges and impact of increasing diversity,” Jonathan Dunn, Sheldon Lyn, Nony Onyeador, and Ammanuel Zegeye, Mckinsey and Company, March 11, 2021, https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/diversity-and-inclusion/black-representation-in-film-and-tv-the-challenges-and-impact-of-increasing-diversity#

“How Activist Audiences Are Changing the TV Industry,” Annie Meyers, Shondaland,

MAR 18, 2021, https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/a35856162/activist-audiences-changing-the-tv-industry/

“Oscar Micheauxe,” Black Past, March 3, 2007, https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/micheaux-oscar-1884-1951/

Yuen, Nancy Wang, Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2017.