title: Cinemas of the Black Diaspora: Diversity, Dependence, and Oppositionality (Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series)
author: Michael T. Martin
description: This is a study of the cinematic traditions and film practices in the black Diaspora.
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  childhood
  
  and
  
  cinema
  
  LOCA
  
  TIONS
  
  VICKY LEBEAU
  
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  childhood and cinema
  
  LOCATIONS
  
  series editors:
  
  STEPHEN BARBER AND BARRY CURTIS
  
  LOCATIONS examines contemporary genres and hybrids in national and
  international cinema. Each book contains numerous black and white images and a
  fresh critical exploration of aspects of film’s relationship with other media,
  major themes within film, or different aspects of national film cultures.
  
  on release:
  
  projected cities
  
  STEPHEN BARBER
  
  animals in film
  
  JONATHAN BURT
  
  women, islam and cinema
  
  GÖNÜL DÖNMEZ-COLIN
  
  ‘injuns!’ native americans in the movies EDWARD BUSCOMBE
  
  war and film
  
  JAMES CHAPMAN
  
  childhood and cinema
  
  VICKY LEBEAU
  
  REAKTION BOOKS
  
  _For Ella and Nin, Alfie and Anna_ Published by
  
  reaktion books ltd
  
  33 Great Sutton Street
  
  London ec1v 0dx, uk
  
  www.reaktionbooks.co.uk
  
  First published 2008
  
  Copyright © Vicky Lebeau 2008
  
  All rights reserved
  
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