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Author Duke, Bill, 1943- author.

Title Bill Duke : my 40-year career on screen and behind the camera / Bill Duke.

Publication Info. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]

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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  791.4302 DUKE    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  791.4302 DUKE    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 201 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note Includes index.
Summary "This is the memoir of Bill Duke, one of the first--and few--African Americans to direct for both television and feature films. Duke recalls his childhood, the importance of his family and mentors, and the challenges he faced as an African American--to not only achieve success as an actor, but more significantly as a director in a very white Hollywood"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Introduction -- Prologue -- Part I. Childhood. Wyatt Jones Beer Garden -- Little Black Sambo -- Understanding hate -- Part II. A growing mind. Finding the skips -- Poetic license -- The awakening -- Higher learning -- A tumultuous time -- Part III. Success and failure. 1968 : the death of courage -- Inspirations and aspirations -- A pool of regret -- Meditation -- Part IV. My career. Acting out -- Directing Hollywood -- Part V. No Conclusions. The rainbow bridge -- Now what? -- Epilogue : a life of lessons.
Subject Duke, Bill, 1943-
Duke, Bill, 1943- (OCoLC)fst01541437
African American motion picture producers and directors -- Biography.
African American television producers and directors -- Biography.
African American motion picture producers and directors. (OCoLC)fst00799269
African American television producers and directors. (OCoLC)fst00799415
Genre/Form Autobiographies.
Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Added Title My forty year career on screen and behind the camera
Other Form: Online version: Duke, Bill, 1943- author. My 40-year career on screen and behind the camera Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018] 9781538105566 (DLC) 2018041219
ISBN 9781538105559 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
1538105551 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
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