Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Date of Degree
6-2021
Document Type
Capstone Project
Degree Name
M.S.
Program
Data Analysis & Visualization
Advisor
Aucher Serr
Subject Categories
Africana Studies | Broadcast and Video Studies | Critical and Cultural Studies | Mass Communication | Social Justice | Social Media
Keywords
critical media studies, film history, web scraping
Abstract
The goal of my project was to create a dataset of black film that can be used for analysis of fiscal trends in black film. It includes the estimated budget, domestic and worldwide box office numbers for over 700 American black films. I defined black films as those that centered on African American stories and African American characters, or were made by Black filmmakers. I also included movies embraced by African American audiences that were made by non-Black filmmakers like Bad Boys, Django Unchained, and The Color Purple. I used a combination of Box Office Mojo, The Black Cinema Database, Rotten Tomatoes, and the Blackclassiclmovies.com database to create my dataset. The github repository can be found here https://github.com/KianaC23/Capstone.
Recommended Citation
Carrington, Kiana A., "Remaking Cinema: Black Hollywood Films, Filmmakers, and Finances" (2021). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/4405
Zip file containing content of GitHub repository at time of deposit
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