Race and Film Audiences in Chicago's Loop
by
Gerald R. Butters
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2016
Racial politics and capitalism found a way to blend together in 1970s Chicago in the form of movie theaters targeted specifically toward African Americans. In From Sweetback to Super Fly, Gerald Buttersexamines the movie theaters in Chicago’s Loop that became, as he describes them, “black spaces”...