BLACK FILMMAKING IN THE 1930s: “The Emperor Jones” starring Paul Robeson
America in the 1930s was a time that predated my parents’ birth. My maternal grandmother—my last surviving grandparent—lost her memories in her battle with Alzheimer’s long before I was able to ask her about life in those times. I don’t know if she would have wanted to speak of that history anyhow. She never explained […]