Ethnic Notions

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Summary: This Emmy Award-winning documentary reveals the origins of the dehumanizing African-American stereotypes found in popular culture, from the Antebellum period to the era of the civil rights movement. Loyal Uncle Toms, carefree Sambos, faithful Mammies, grinning fools, savage brutes, and wide-eyed "pickaninnies" roll across the screen in cartoons, feature films, popular songs, minstrel shows, advertisements, folklore, household artifacts, even children's rhymes. Narrated by Esther Rolle and with scholarly commentary throughout, the film is a direct challenge to those who say, "It's just a joke.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (56 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
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electronic resource (video)
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2012], c1987.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. Multi-User. Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on September 15, 2012.
Formatted Contents Note:	Enduring Ethnic Caricatures (2:39) -- Under the Shadow of Caricatures (2:06) -- Origin of the Sambo Image (3:00) -- The Happy Sambo (3:09) -- Zip Coon (1:48) -- "Judge Priest" with Hattie McDaniel (3:52) -- Savage Brutes (2:09) -- "Birth of a Nation" (3:09) -- Savage "Pickaninnies" (3:14) -- Black Men in Blackface (2:50) -- Urban Coon (2:25) -- Reality of Black Servicemen (2:09) -- "Natural Born Gambler" with Bert Williams (5:18) -- Al Jolson in "The Jazz Singer" (2:13) -- "Judge Priest" with Stepin Fetchit 1934 (2:59) -- Black is Ugly (2:15) -- Blacks are Savage (2:13) -- Blacks are Happy Servants (2:21) -- Civil Rights Movement Begins (2:30) -- Capitalizing on Old Stereotypes (2:02) -- Considering Enduring Images of Black Americans (1:21)
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
Target Audience Note:	6 & up.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's description.