| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) |
| Playing Time |
Duration: 10 minutes |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
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In Process Record. |
| Event |
Originally produced by Women Make Movies in 1999. |
| Summary |
It is Hollywood's favorite role for black women: the maid. Sassy or sweet, snickeringly attentive or flippantly dismissive, the performers who play them steal every scene they are in, and Tracy Moffatt's entertaining video collage reveals the narrow margin Hollywood has allowed black actresses to shine in. But shine they do. Giving lip is proven an art form in these scenes from 1930's cinema to present-day movies featuring a remarkable roster of undervalued actresses and their more celebrated white costars. Moffatt and Hillberg's rough, no-budget assembly effectively highlights with familiarity and humor the disturbing realization of how black characters and white characters still interact on screen, under Hollywood's eternally backwards eye. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Indexed Term |
Film Studies |
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Race and Class Studies |
| Added Author |
Hillberg, Gary, filmmaker
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Moffatt, Tracey, filmmaker
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Kanopy (Firm)
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| Music No. |
1138580 Kanopy |
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