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Lew Dockstader Bert Williams, shown here in blackface, was the highest-paid African-American entertainer of his day.. This is a list of entertainers known to have performed in blackface makeup, whether in a minstrel show, as satire or historical depiction of such roles, or in a portrayal of a character using makeup as a racial disguise, for whatever reason.
The Woman in Black is a 2012 gothic supernatural horror film directed by James Watkins from a screenplay by Jane Goldman. It is the second adaptation of Susan Hill 's 1983 novel of the same name , which was previously filmed in 1989 .
The black comedy film is an American remake of the British film and features a predominantly black cast. [2] [3] For Colored Girls: November 5, 2010: The tragedy film, directed by Tyler Perry, is an adaptation of Ntozake Shange's play about black women.
Kapitel (For Women: Chapter 1); writer and director: Cristina Perincioli – award-winning documentary fiction on a women's strike in Berlin; 1972 Sambizanga; director: Sarah Maldoror – feature film about the liberation movement in Angola; 1972 The Heartbreak Kid; director: Elaine May; 1972 The Other Side of the Underneath; director Jane Arden
A Woman's Face is a 1941 American drama film noir directed by George Cukor and starring Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas and Conrad Veidt. It tells the story of Anna Holm, a facially disfigured blackmailer , who, because of her appearance, despises everyone she encounters.
The Watermelon Woman is a 1996 American romantic comedy-drama film written, directed, and edited by Cheryl Dunye.The first feature film directed by a black lesbian, [3] [4] it stars Dunye as Cheryl, a young black lesbian working a day job in a video store while trying to make a film about Fae Richards, a black actress from the 1930s known for playing the stereotypical "mammy" roles relegated ...
Ladies in Black is a 2018 Australian comedy-drama film directed by Bruce Beresford. [5] Starring Angourie Rice , Rachael Taylor , Julia Ormond , Ryan Corr and Shane Jacobson , the film is based on the 1993 novel The Women in Black by Madeleine St John , and tells the story of a group of department store employees in 1959 Sydney.
The film derives its title from Massachusetts Representative Joseph Walsh, who in 1917 opposed the creation of a committee to deal with women's suffrage.Walsh thought the creation of a committee would be yielding to "the nagging of iron-jawed angels" and referred to the Silent Sentinels as "bewildered, deluded creatures with short skirts and short hair."