Color Adjustment

Color Adjustment is a 1992 documentary film that traces the evolution of the black image in television from the explicitly racist 1948 to more subtle 1988, where blacks are portrayed as wealthy and having achieved the American dream, an image that director Marlon Riggs finds inconsistent with reality. Featuring clips from Amos 'n' Andy, Beulah, The Nat King Cole Show, Julia, The Jeffersons, Sanford and Son, Good Times, Roots, The Cosby Show and o... More
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  • 1991

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  • 1 h 26 min

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  • Color Adjustment: Blacks in Prime Time,
  • Color Adjustment

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Marlon Riggs

Marlon Troy Riggs (February 3, 1957 – April 5, 1994) was a gay African-American filmmaker, educator, poet, and gay rights activist. He produced, wrote, and directed several television documentaries, including Ethnic Notions, Tongues Untied, Color Adjustment, and Black Is. . . Black Ain't. Riggs'...

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  • 1992

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P.O.V.

POV (aka P.O.V.) is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) public television series which features independent nonfiction films. POV is a cinema term for "point of view". POV is the longest-running showcase on television for independent documentary films. PBS presents 14-16 POV programs each year, and...

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