Color Adjustment
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| Color Adjustment | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Marlon Riggs |
| Produced by | Vivian Kleiman |
| Written by | Marlon Riggs |
| Music by | Mary Watkins |
| Cinematography | Rick Butler |
| Editing by | Deborah Hoffmann |
| Running time | 86 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Color Adjustment is a 1992 documentary film that traces the evolution of the black image in television from the explicitly racist 1948 to more subtle 1988, where blacks are portrayed as wealthy and having achieved the American dream, an image that director Marlon Riggs finds inconsistent with reality. Featuring clips from Amos 'n' Andy, Beulah, The Nat King Cole Show, Julia, The Jeffersons, Sanford and Son, Good Times, Roots, The Cosby Show and others, Riggs portrays an illuminating history of the race conflict as reflected in television.[1]
Color Adjustment was met with high critical praise, receiving a Peabody Award and being nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.[2] It was also aired as part of the P.O.V. series on PBS.
See also [edit]
- Tongues Untied
- Bamboozled - a narrative film by Spike Lee about the portrayal of blacks in the media
References [edit]
- ^ "POV - Color Adjustment". PBS. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
- ^ "Color Adjustment (1992) - Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 2008-01-24.
External links [edit]
- Color Adjustment on IMDb
- Color Adjustment on Rotten Tomatoes
- Janet Maslin (1992-01-29). "Review/Film; Under Scrutiny: TV Images Of Blacks". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-01-24.
- Jonathan Rosenbaum's review
