A new exhibit in Los Angeles, called 'Regeneration,' examines 73 years of film history — from the silent movie days to the rise of the Blaxploitation era.
Mandalit del Barco/The Academy Museum"Regeneration" features seven galleries exploring Black representation in film."During that era, there are earlier images of Black folks, and they are stealing chickens and eating watermelon and getting smoked out of their cabins. And stereotyping that came from the minstrel tradition," says Stewart."And what we see in this footage are two finely dressed Black people showing affection and fun.
"There were people working in front of and behind the camera that were advocating and fighting and pushing forward and using this new technology and this art form to really create these vibrant, rich stories that highlight the complexities and the full humanity of Black people and looking at sort of American history through the lens of African-Americans," Combs says.
The exhibition includes performances from all-Black musicals and civil rights era documentaries - all leading to 1971, the year when Melvin Van Peeble's movie
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