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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Field, Allyson Nadia (May 22, 2015). Uplift Cinema: The Emergence of African American Film and the Possibility of Black Modernity. Duke University Press. ISBN 9780822375555 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Critic, Hal Boedeker, Sentinel Television (July 1998). "A SALUTE TO EARLY BLACK FILMMAKERS". OrlandoSentinel.com.
- ↑ Klotman, Phyllis Rauch; Cutler, Janet K. (1999). Struggles for Representation: African American Documentary Film and Video. Indiana University Press. p. 11-15. ISBN 978-0-253-21347-1.
- 1 2 Everett, Anna (August 14, 2001). Returning the Gaze: A Genealogy of Black Film Criticism, 1909-1949. Duke University Press. ISBN 0822326140 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". www.silentera.com.
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- ↑ "» Small Independents".
- ↑ "Booker T. Washington / Photo by Peter P. Jones, 3631 State St., Chicago". Library of Congress.
- ↑ "Documentary Film | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com.
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