Contemporary Black Women Filmmakers and the Art of Resistance (Black Performance and Cultural Criticism)

"An analysis of the films of Black women directors--including Ava DuVernay, Tanya Hamilton, Dee Rees, Kasi Lemmons, and Gina Prince-Bythewood--the book examines how contemporary Black women filmmakers engage in acts of resistance through their filmmaking, using a theoretical lens at the intersection of Black feminism and womanism"--