Color Adjustment
This award-winning documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Marlon Riggs takes a close look at how network television absorbed deep-seated racial conflict and transformed it into the nonthreatening offerings of 20th-century primetime TV. Narrated by Ruby Dee, the film examines popular programs such as A...
| Other Authors: | Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase. |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2012], c1991.
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| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (88 min.) : sd., col., digital file. |
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| Summary: |
This award-winning documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Marlon Riggs takes a close look at how network television absorbed deep-seated racial conflict and transformed it into the nonthreatening offerings of 20th-century primetime TV. Narrated by Ruby Dee, the film examines popular programs such as Amos 'n' Andy, I Spy, Julia, Good Times, Roots, and The Cosby Show, weaving clips from the shows with news coverage of the civil rights movement. Esther Rolle, Diahann Carroll, Tim Reid and other black performers discuss the impact their acting roles had in shaping race relations. |
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Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on August 30, 2012. Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. The Country's Image of the Negro... (1:57) -- Part 1 Color Blind TV? 1948-1968 (2:14) -- Television Finding Itself (1:45) -- "Amos 'n Andy" (1:51) -- Black Actors Respond to "Amos 'n Andy" (0:59) -- End of "Amos 'n Andy" (2:56) -- "The Beulah Show" (2:41) -- Reality of Domestic Workers (1:17) -- White Families as Center of Prime Time (1:52) -- Relatable Black Perfomers (1:47) -- "Nat King Cole Show" (4:12) -- "Nat King Cole Show" Cancelled (2:15) -- Network & Sponsor Perspective (1:48) -- Civil Rights Movement in America's Living Rooms (3:24) -- East Side/West Side (3:05) -- "Julia" - Perfect and One Dimensional (3:41) -- Aunt Jemima and Uncle Tom are Dead (3:13) -- The White Negro (2:13) -- Two Black Americas: News & Prime Time (2:13) -- Mandate to Amuse (2:11) -- Part II - Coloring the Dream 1968 -1988 (2:26) -- "All in the Family" (2:21) -- The Changing Prime Time Family (1:52) -- "Good Times" (3:00) -- "Good Times" Potential and Failure (2:16) -- Ghetto Sitcoms of the '70s (2:22) -- "Roots" (3:12) -- Kunta Kinte (2:04) -- "Positive Stories Can Be Equally Negative" (2:04) -- "The Cosby Show" (2:23) -- 1980s Polarization of Rich and Poor (2:18) -- Reaffirming Middle Class Values (1:05) -- "Frank's Place" (4:15) -- What is Television's Responsibility? (3:26) -- Understanding How Inequality Operates & is Perpetuated (1:33) -- African Americans & Pop Culture (1:22) -- Credits: Color Adjustment (2:01) Access requires authentication through Films on Demand. Norman Lear (from All in the Family and The Jeffersons), David Wolper (from Roots), Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and others. This award-winning documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Marlon Riggs takes a close look at how network television absorbed deep-seated racial conflict and transformed it into the nonthreatening offerings of 20th-century primetime TV. Narrated by Ruby Dee, the film examines popular programs such as Amos 'n' Andy, I Spy, Julia, Good Times, Roots, and The Cosby Show, weaving clips from the shows with news coverage of the civil rights movement. Esther Rolle, Diahann Carroll, Tim Reid and other black performers discuss the impact their acting roles had in shaping race relations. 6 & up. Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (88 min.) : sd., col., digital file. |
| Format: |
Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
| Audience: |
6 & up. |
| Access: |
Access requires authentication through Films on Demand. |