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The American films of 1959 are listed in a table of the films which were made in the United States and released in 1959. The film Ben-Hur won the Academy Award for Best Picture , among winning a record-setting eleven Oscars .
The Cry of Jazz is a 1959 documentary film by Edward O. Bland that connects jazz to African American history. [1] It uses footage of Chicago's black neighborhoods, performances by Sun Ra, John Gilmore, and Julian Priester and the music of Sun Ra and Paul Severson interspersed with scenes of musicians and intellectuals, both black and white, conversing at a jazz club.
This contract makes Lewis the highest paid individual Hollywood talent to date and is unprecedented in that he has unlimited creative control, including final cut, and the return of film rights after 30 years. July 1 - Herbert J. Yates, founder of Republic Pictures, sells his controlling stake in the company.
Pages in category "Civil rights movement in film" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Chasers (1959 film) Chathurangam (1959 film) Chhoti Bahen; The Child and the Killer; China Jones; Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan; Chuang Tapestry; Ciao, ciao bambina! Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women; City of Fear (1959 film) Claudia (1959 film) Clouds of Smoke (1959 film) College Boarding House; The Collegian (film) Come Back, Africa; Come ...
Films such as The Birth of a Nation (1915) [3] and Gone with the Wind (1939) became controversial because they gave a favorable depiction. In 1940, The Santa Fe Trail gave a strong condemnation of abolitionist John Brown's attacks on slavery. [4] The American civil rights movement in the 1950s made defiant slaves into heroes. [5]
This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1959 per Variety's weekly National Boxoffice Survey. The results are based on a sample of 20-25 key cities and therefore, any box office amounts quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.
List of films about revolution; List of films featuring colonialism; List of films featuring slavery; List of films that depict class struggle; List of hood films; List of skinhead films; Political cinema; Racism in horror films; Whitewashing in film; Propaganda film; Racism in early American film; Race movie; Blaxploitation; L.A. Rebellion ...