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Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World

October 20, 2021

This week, CMC features Columbus native Wil Haygood. His new book, Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World, examines 100 years of Black movies—from Gone with the Wind to Blaxploitation films to Black Panther—using the struggles and triumphs of the artists and their films as a prism to explore Black culture, civil rights, and racism in America.    This CMC forum was recorded before a live audience following COVID protocols at the Boat House in Columbus, Ohio on October 20, 2021.   This forum was sponsored by Crabbe, Brown, and James, LLP and RAMA Consulting Group    The speakers are:   Wil Haygood, Author of Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World  David Filipi, Director of Film/Video, Wexner Center for the Arts  The host is Ray Paprocki, Publisher and General Manager, Dispatch Magazines