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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...
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.
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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.
James Baldwin. "The Devil Finds Work" is a compelling essay that critiques the portrayal of race and identity in American cinema. Through personal reflections and sharp analysis, the author examines how movies have both shaped and reflected the racial prejudices and societal norms of their times.
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 ...
29 de mar. de 2024 · The Devil Finds Work. James Baldwin Through Film. Thu 2 —Wed 22 May 2024. About. Programme Notes. Curator. Events. Through the ideas in James Baldwin's seminal text The Devil Finds Work, this series of films and discussions explores Black representation in contemporary cinema.
11 de sept. de 2015 · “The Devil Finds Work” series borrows its title from Baldwin’s brilliant book-length 1976 essay, which blends a candid autobiographical articulation of his cinephilia with a frank critique of the fraught intersection between Hollywood’s industrial practices and its limiting representational approaches.
