AP African American Studies / Unit 4: Movements and Debates
4.18 Black Life in Theater, TV, and Film
Notes
Black artists challenged stereotypes and told their own stories: Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun (1959), Black filmmakers (Oscar Micheaux, Spike Lee), and representation on TV.
Practice
A Raisin in the Sun was written by:
1959 Broadway.
Oscar Micheaux was:
1919–1948.
Black representation in film and TV has mattered because it:
Media power.
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