Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Black film artists not only developed an enduring independent tradition but also transformed mainstream Hollywood

graphic illustrations by popular comic book artist Jen Vaugh

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musicians and others who have inspired his work in specific ways

REGENERATION: BLACK CINEMA, 1898–1971 BIOGRAPHY Breakfast at Tiffany’sRegeneration accompanies a first of its kind exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures exploring seven decades of Black participation in American cinema. Amplifying this underrepresented history in colorful and striking detail, the book features an in depth curatorial essay and scholarly case study texts on topics such as early Black independent filmmaking, Black spectatorship during the Jim Crow era and home movies as an essential form of