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The Augusta News-Review May 7,1983
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Blacks exploited
in early cinema
As part of the film in
dustry’s early beginnings,
the Black image was
either portrayed in a
clown-like manner by
whites smeared with bur
nt cork or acted out by
Black actors who were
forced to play demeaning
roles. Their exclusion
from legitimate cinema
prompted Blacks to in
dependently produce
their own films.
This rich and little
known legacy of Blacks
in motion pictures is
chronicled on Tony
Brown’s Journal in a
four-part mini-series,
“Black Hollywood: The
Way It Was,” during the
month of May.
The first episode of this
glimpse into the archives
of the motion picture in
dustry, “Burnt Cork,”
journeys back to the
beginning with the inven
tion of the first moving
picture and follows the
impact of Afro-
Americans in its development.
tony Brown’s Journal
is the nation’s longest
running, Black-Affairs
television series and has
been sponsored by Pepsi-
Cola Company for eight
consecutive years.
Televised nationally on
public television (PBS),
the program will be seen
in this area on WCES-20
at 5 p.m. on May 8.
Ever since the first of
ficial public screening of
a motion picture took
place in America in 1896,
the Afro-American
presence can be found in
the film industry.
Between 1910 and 1950
there were approximately
150 independent film
companies organized to
produce Black-cast
movies. Thirty-four per
cent of these companies
were owned by Blacks.
“Black participation in
the business of motion
picture production and
distribution began in
Chicago, Illinois when in
1910 William Foster
produced the first of a
serise of Black-cast
comedies,” says Dr.
Henry T. Sampson,
author of “Blacks in
Black and White: A
Source Book on Black
Films” (The Scarecrow
Press), and a guest on the
program. Also documen
ting the history of Blacks
in film will be Dr.
Thomas Cripps, author
of “Slow Fade to White”
(Oxford University Press)
and “Black Film as
Genre” (Indiana Univer
sity Press).
Although Foster’s con
tributions were highly
significant, America’s
perception of the Negro
as a submissive, child-like
character or a stupid buf
foon prevailed in films.
Five years after
William Foster made the
first Black-produced
film, the industry was
spiraled into a new era
when a White filmmaker
named D.W. Griffith
produced “The Birth of a
Nation.”
Griffith’s sentimental
three-hour adaptation of
the pre-Civil War South
revolutionized the in
dustry, but, at the same
time, became a landmark
epic of racial hatred. The
movie not only ignited
the Black community in
protest, but it also had a
profound impact on
American society and
created a criteria by
which all films—and
Blacks—would be judged
for years to come.
Next week: “Fading
Tn.”
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WILLIE TYLER AND LESTER are one of the foremost ven
triloquist acts working today. Willie grew up idolizing Paul Winchell
and Jerry Mahoney. It was Winchell who inspired a young Willie
Tyler of Detroit to pursue a career in ventriloquism.
Willie recently met his idol at Gazzarri’s during a taping of a cable
special featuring Paul Winchell and his beloved Jerry Winchell
changed his ventriloquist figures to reflect the passage of time.
Willie was visiting with Jerry, while Paul chatted with Lester.
University women honor
Glenn Hills student
Glenn Hills High
School student Elaine
Godbee was recently
presented the Student of
the Year Award by the
local chapter of the
National Association of
University Women.
Elaine, 17, is the
daughter of Mr. and Ms.
Mack Godbee Jr., of
2524 W. Kensingtow Drive.
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Elaine Godbee