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  1. 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...

  2. 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
    • 1976
    • Essay
  3. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

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  5. About The Devil Finds Work. From “the best essayist in this country” (The New York Times Book Review) comes an incisive book-length essay about racism in American movies that challenges the underlying assumptions in many of the films that have shaped our consciousness. Baldwin’s personal reflections on movies gathered here in a book ...

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  6. 13 de sept. de 2011 · 4.7 250 ratings. See all formats and editions. From "the best essayist in this country” (The New York Times Book Review) comes an incisive book-length essay about racism in American movies that challenges the underlying assumptions in many of the films that have shaped our consciousness.

  7. 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...