The Politics and Poetics of Black Film: Nothing But a Man (Studies in 2024 the

David C. Wall is Assistant Professor of Visual Studies at Utah State University.

Michael T. Martin is Director of the Black Film Center/Archive and Professor in the Departments of Communication and Culture and American Studies at Indiana University Bloomington.

Introduction: Nothing But a Man and the Question of Black Film / David C. Wall and Michael T. Martin

Filmmaker Statements

Michael Roemer

Robert M. Young

Essays

Demanding Dignity: Nothing But a Man / Bruce Dick and Mark Vogel

Nothing But a Man / Thomas Cripps

The Derailed Romance in Nothing But a Man / Karen Bowdre

Cant Stay, Can Go: What is History to a Cinematic Imagination / Terri Francis

Civil Rights, Labor, and Sexual Politics on Screen in Nothing But a Man / Judith Smith

Interviews

Historicity and Possibility in Nothing But a Man: A Conversation with Khalil Muhammad / David C. Wall and Michael T. Martin

Cinematic Principles and Practice at Work in Nothing But a Man: A Conversation with Robert Young / Michael T. Martin and David C. Wall

Screenplay Nothing But a Man

Press Kit from Cinema V Distributing, Inc. (1965)

Filmographies

Michael Roemer

Robert M. Young

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