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Welcome to the w BZ Book Club. I'm Jordan Rich. One of my

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favorite categories to talk about his movies
and a book by Donald Bogel and John

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Singleton called Hollywood Black, The Stars, The Films, the Filmmakers. Independent

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African American filmmakers actually began working during
the Silent Era. Early performers such as

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Stephen Fetchett or Bill bo Jangles Robinson
were totally stereotypical despite their amazing talent.

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There were pioneers in the black film
industry, Haddie McDaniel and Gone with the

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Win, winning an Academy Award,
Actresses such as Dorothy Dandridge nominated for Best

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Actress in Carmen Jones in nineteen fifty
four, and groundbreaking performers such as Sidney

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Poitier, cisly Tyson, Richard pryor
Eddie Murphy, as well as directors such

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as Spike Lee and one of the
authors of the book, John Singleton.

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Today's pantheon of a list black actors
include Will Smith, Denzel Washington, Morgan

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Freeman, Elly Berry, Angela Bassett, and many many more. Hollywood Black,

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The Stars, The Films The Filmmakers, by Donald Bogel and by director

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John Singleton, The Book Club.
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