Introduction
Film criticism has actually failed to offer much assistance in the clarification of black cinema concept since there does not exist uncontested criteria where an ultimate appeal can in fact be made to resolve the underlying contemporary issues. Thomas Cripps in his book titled “Black film as genre,” portrays how it is hard to offer a definition of black cinema that is adequate. However, this leaves us wondering what to actually do with films well-known group about the black people by the white film makers.
A number of black film cataloguers have essentially sought to avoid essentialist problem that of being excessively restrictive through opting for all-inclusive criteria. The black cinema history or simply Blaxploitation can be divided into 4 different periods that include, “Early silent films” that occurred between 1890 and 1920, “Early Race and Soundies films” that was between 1920 and 1945, the “Post-War Problem Films” that occurred between 1945 and 1960, and finally the contemporary films. With regard to the black filming practices, the Third cinema concept provides rudiments of black cinema theory, which is actually most favorable to this political function.
It is somehow hard to give a proper account of when the black women turned out to be extinct at movies. These black women showed up in movies that never belonged to them. Tyler Perry advent and his huge success complicate the matter. Oprah Winfrey in fact saw herself much in the precious movie that her name was added to the credits of this film producer. But what is the value and adaptation of this movie? Lee Daniels, a motion picture director faced various difficulties in directing motion picture “Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire." He goes further and comments on the efforts he made in raising the finance for the movie that follows process of adapting this movie from Sapphire book titled “Push” and also follows a teenage abused girl. Daniels also notes fantasy scenes inclusion into the movie and the importance of setting this movie in Harlem.
