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Set against the backdrop of the black struggle in society Slow Fade to Black is the definitive history of African-American accomplishment in film-both before & behind the camera-from the earliest movies through World War II As he records the changing attitudes toward African-Americans both in Hollywood & the nation at large Cripps explores the growth of discrimination as filmmakers became more & more intrigued with myths of the Old South the "lost cause" aspect of the Civil War the stately mansions & gracious ladies of the antebellum South the "happy" slaves singing in the fields Cripps shows how these characterizations culminated in the blatantly racist attitudes of Griffith's The Birth of a Nation & how this film inspired the NAACP to campaign vigorously-and successfully-for change While the period of the 1920s to 1940s was one replete with Hollywood stereotypes (blacks most often appeared as domestics or "natives" or were portrayed in shiftless cowardly " Stepin Fetchit" roles) there was also an attempt at independent black production-on the whole unsuccessful But with the coming of World War II increasing pressures for a wider use of blacks in films & calls for more equitable treatment African-Americans did begin to receive more sympathetic roles such as that of Sam the piano player in the 1942 classic Casablanca A lively thorough history of African-Americans in the movies Slow Fade to Black is also a perceptive social commentary on evolving racial attitudes in this country during the first four decades of the twentieth century ...

The first Slough House novel described as 'the most enjoyable spy novel in years' Mail on Sunday 336 pages Herron Mick ...

Slow Learner is a compilation of early stories written between 1959 & 1964 before Pynchon achieved recognition as a prominent writer for his 1963 novel V & containing a revelatory essay on his early influences & writing The collection consists of five short stories ' The Small Rain' ' Lowlands' ' Entropy' ' Under the Rose' & ' The Secret Integration' as well as an introduction written by Pynchon himself for the 1984 publication The five stories were originally published individually in various literary magazines but in 1984 after Pynchon had achieved greater recognition Slow Learner was published to collect & copyright the stories into one volume The introduction also offers a rare insight into Pynchon's own views on his work & influences ...

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The planet Miran had sent a spaceship to rendezvous with the enormous vessel that was approaching their star system The vessel&s design was odd--a multitude of separate globular habitats in a framework--and most of the alien team that entered one of the habitats were slaughtered by savage creatures called "humans" One alien had barely managed to escape to another habitat where the humans were more friendly if rather technologically backward But he needed to get back to his spaceship & he would need one human&s help to do that They would have to travel through several more habitats each one isolated from the other each with its own bizarre dangers & customs & friendliness toward strangers was not one of those customs ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Michael Fassbender & Kodi Smit-Mc Phee star in this Western from writerdirector John Maclean who makes his feature debut Set in the late 1800s the story follows 16-year-old Jay Cavendish (Smit-Mc Phee) as he goes on a journey from Scotland to America traveling across the Wild West in an attempt to find his sweetheart Rose Ross (Caren Pistorius) who was forced to leave the country with her father John (Rory Mc Cann) following an accident Jay meets the mysterious Silas Selleck (Fassbender) along the way & the two team up as they face the harsh environment & a band of bounty hunters ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Michael Fassbender & Kodi Smit-Mc Phee star in this Western from writerdirector John Maclean who makes his feature debut Set in the late 1800s the story follows 16-year-old Jay Cavendish (Smit-Mc Phee) as he goes on a journey from Scotland to America traveling across the Wild West in an attempt to find his sweetheart Rose Ross (Caren Pistorius) who was forced to leave the country with her father John (Rory Mc Cann) following an accident Jay meets the mysterious Silas Selleck (Fassbender) along the way & the two team up as they face the harsh environment & a band of bounty hunters ...

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From the bestselling author of Shout! comes the definitive biography of Eric Clapton a rock legend whose life story is as remarkable as his music 'A textbook account of all the pathologies of the rock-star life promiscuity infidelity heroin addiction alcoholism' SUNDAY TIMES 448 pages Norman Philip ...