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2 de abr. de 2014 · Culture. The Most Powerful Piece of Film Criticism Ever Written. James Baldwin's The Devil Finds Work, a book-length essay on race and America and cinema, movingly demonstrates that analysis...
The Devil Finds Work is a book-length essay by writer James Baldwin. Published in 1976, it is both a memoir of his experiences watching movies and a critique of the racial politics of American cinema.
- James Baldwin
- 1976
Now Baldwin has published a long essay, "The Devil Finds Work," the 17th book bearing his name, but the event does not call for rejoicing. In fact it brings forth not a little pain, for this work teems with a passion that is all reflex, and an anger that is unfocused and almost cynical. It is as if Baldwin were wound up and then let loose to ...
The Devil Finds Work is a powerful and thought-provoking essay by James Baldwin that explores the role of race in Hollywood films. The essay is divided into three parts, each of which examines a different aspect of the representation of black people in movies.
A book-length essay by the acclaimed writer and activist James Baldwin, who examines how American films reflect and shape racial attitudes and politics. He analyzes films such as In the Heat of the Night, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, and The Exorcist, and challenges the underlying assumptions and biases in the industry and society.
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1 de ene. de 2001 · A collection of critical essays on cinema, The Devil Finds Work interrogates the racist ideology of landmark American films from the interwar and postwar eras. Baldwin interweaves cultural criticism and autobiography as he moves from reflecting upon the messages coded in the films of his youth to critiquing popular movies of the mid ...
13 de sept. de 2011 · James Baldwin. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Sep 13, 2011 - Biography & Autobiography - 144 pages. From "the best essayist in this country” (The New York Times Book Review) comes an incisive...
