Review Essay: Religion Goes to the Movies The Catholic Crusade against the Movies, 1940-1975 Gregory D. Black American Religious and Biblical Spectaculars Gerald E. Forshey Screening the Sacred: Religion, Myth, and Ideology in Popular American Film Joel W. Martin Conrad E. Ostwalt, Jr. Seeing and Believing: Religion and Values in the Movies Margaret R. Miles Hollywood Dreams and Biblical Stories Bernard Brandon Scott

2000 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-239
Author(s):  
Peter W. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Review Essay ◽  
Black American ◽  
American Film

Brogdon, Blackness and the BSI: Archiving race in Sherlock Holmes fandom

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann McClellan
Keyword(s):  
Predominantly White ◽  
Black History ◽  
Black American ◽  
American Film ◽  
Sherlock Holmes ◽  
Cultural Constructs ◽  
History Of ◽  
Art Film ◽  
Insight Into

Philip R. Brogdon is an avid Sherlock Holmes aficionado and the first Black American ever inducted into the exclusive – and predominantly White – Sherlock Holmes society, the Baker Street Irregulars. His small monograph, Sherlock in Black (1995), brings a wealth of archival information and insight into the Black history of Sherlock Holmes fandom, ranging from famous fans of colour to Black fan creators and a history of both professional and amateur fan art, film and music. This article argues that Brogdon’s Sherlock in Black archive provides an important counter-history to White establishment fan narratives popularized by the Baker Street Irregulars and raises important questions about the roles race and identity play in collecting, fandom and identity. How does Brogdon define Black Sherlockian fandom? What did it mean to him, and to other fans, to see this long history of Black Sherlockians in American film and media? What kinds of activities and creations are included? Brogdon’s Black Sherlock Holmes archive illuminates how fans of colour construct their own fan identities and how they see themselves in relation to large, often primarily White, cultural constructs.

Treasures III: Social Issues in American Film, 1900––1934

2007 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 10-17
Author(s):  
Joan Mellen
Keyword(s):  
Progressive Era ◽  
Review Essay ◽  
Social Deprivation ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
American Film ◽  
Non Fiction ◽  
Film Preservation ◽  
The Future

ABSTRACT This review essay of a National Film Preservation Foundation archival DVD boxed set of fiction and non-fiction films from the Progressive era emphasizes the underlying optimism about the future that is discernible even in those films that treat harrowing subjects (such as social deprivation, violence, and industrial exploitation).

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