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Description
This study of prejudice and perception traces over forty years of race relations in America through the lens of prime time TV entertainment. Black actors Esther Rolle, Diahann Carroll, Denise Nicholas, and Tim Reid and Hollywood producers Norman Lear, Steve Bochco and David Wolper reveal the behind-the-scenes story of how prime time was "integrated." Revisiting such popular hits as Amos and Andy, Beulah, The Nat King Cole Show, Julia, I Spy, Good Times and Roots, viewers see how bitter racial conflict was absorbed into the non-controversial formats of the prime time series.
Runtime
80 min
Series
Subjects
- African Americans in the performing arts (3)
- Documentary films (191)
- Race discrimination (130)
- African Americans in television broadcasting (1)
- African Americans (1140)
- Television broadcasting (20)
- Television programs (54)
- Ethnic attitudes (3)
- Racism (548)
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
1991
Database
Alexander Street
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