We
Gotta Have It: Twenty Years of Seeing Black at the Movies, 1986-2006
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Paperback: 640 pages
Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press (April 17, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1560259167
In WE GOTTA HAVE IT: Twenty Years of Seeing Black at the Movies,
1986-2006,
SeeingBlack.com's editor and film critic Esther Iverem provides an
essential overview of the �New Wave� in Black cinema�a complex, often surprising
perspective on art, society, and history. More than 400 film reviews are
included, along with essays and interviews.
The year 2006 marked the twentieth anniversary of the �New Wave� in Black film,
that upstart artistic movement beginning with Spike Lee’s "She’s Gotta Have It,"
which transformed Black images on the big and small screen, bringing a new
generation’s sensibility to national and global discourse about race, class,
gender and culture.
The book features several provocative interviews with Black film giants,
including Spike Lee, Danny Glover, Robert Townsend and Julie Dash. Refreshing,
provocative and original, WE GOTTA HAVE IT is an essential and comprehensive
look at the cultural dissemination of African Americans in Film.
Please join her on her book tour or order the book from Amazon.com or from your
favorite bookstore!
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Early Reviews
"Esther Iverem, a veteran of the media wars, brings a voice that is deft,
insightful and good-humored to the subject of African American culture. In this
groundbreaking collection, spanning 20 years of Black film, she proves that we
have our own way of seeing�and appreciating�the movies."--Tavis Smiley
"What I wouldn�t give for a movie date with Esther Iverem! She is, hands down,
one the smartest cultural critics of her generation. Her essays are intelligent,
lively, often humorous, sometimes sharply critical, and best of all, they make
us see differently. This wonderful romp through the last two decades of
Black-subject films will have you visiting your local video store on the
regular. It’s one of those books we gotta have."
--Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination
"The work of African American filmmakers continues to out pace critiques and
commentary by African American film critics. Esther Iverem closes this gap by
providing the reader reviews and commentary on a genre that, over the last
twenty years, has moved from the margins to the mainstream of American Cinema."
--Warrington Hudlin
President, Black Filmmaker Foundation
Esther Iverem is a former
staff writer for several newspapers, including The Washington Post and Newsday.
Her reviews, essays and interviews on film and culture have appeared widely, in
publications such as Newsday, The Washington Post, BET.com, BlackAmericaWeb.com
and SeeingBlack.com, which she founded in 2001. Iverem is the recipient of a
National Arts Journalism Fellowship, a contributor to numerous anthologies, a
commentator on television and radio and a member of the Washington Area Film
Critics Association. She is also the author of two books of poems, The Time:
Portrait of a Journey Home and Living in Babylon.
April 13�Durham, N.C.
7 PM
The Know Bookstore and Cultural Center
2520 Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC 27707
(919) 682-7223
April 14�Atlanta, GA
5-7 PM
Medu Bookstore
Greenbriar Mall
2841 Greenbriar Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30331
(404) 346-3263
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April 17�Charlotte, N.C.
7 PM
Borders Books, Music, Movies and Caf�
Northlake Mall
6801 Northlake Mall Drive
Charlotte, NC 28216
(704) 596-4382
April 20�New York, NY
7:30-9 PM
Alumni Book Fair
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Rotunda of Low Library
Columbia University
116th and Broadway
Served by Columbia University Bookstore
April 22�Queens, N.Y.
1 PM
The American Museum of the Moving Image
35 Avenue at 36 Street
Astoria, NY 11106
(718) 784-0077
April 26�College Park, MD
7 PM
Vertigo Books
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College Park MD 20740
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One block south of campus on Rt. 1
May 12�Washington, DC
4-6 PM
Busboys and Poets, the Langston Room
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Washington, DC 20009
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(Tentative) May 17--Washington, DC
7 PM
TransAfrica Forum Writer’s Corner
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Washington, DC 20006
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6 PM
Robin's Bookstore
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Philadelphia PA, 19104.
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Los Angeles, CA 90008
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