This week on Under the Radar: From the moment D.W. Griffith’s “Birth of a Nation” became a film sensation, racist portrayals of African Americans have been embedded in film history. Author Wil Haygood ...

Listen to new episodes on your smartphone or other device. Journalist Wil Haygood joins Jonathan Capehart to discuss his new book, “Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World.” ...

Film colorization is any process that adds color to black-and-white, sepia, or monochrome moving-picture images. It may be done as a special effect, or to modernize black-and-white films, or to ...

A new book Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World unpacks the lens through which Black characters have been seen. Will Haygood, the author, explores this using three movies.

During the Freedom Film Festival (November 8-12, 2021), Miami University alumnus and Boadway Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence Wil Haygood will be featured, along with the release of his new book, ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Dwight Garner The first chapter of Wil Haygood’s elegant and well-made book of history, ...

“Colorization: One Hundred Years Of Black Films In A White World,” by Wil Haygood, (Alfred A. Knopf: New York), 2021, 452 pages, hardcover.