Williams Gamaker revisits the life of Merle Oberon to expose the racial politics of early cinema and examines how Oberon’s mixed heritage was erased under the pressures of Hollywood’s racial hierarchies.
Thara Schöön
Merle Oberon
Mark Gillis
The Surgeon
Catherine Lord
The Psychoanalyst
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Coco Chanel
2008
Trumbo
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Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019
Disgrace
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2014
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42
2013
I Know That Voice
Passing
Richard Jewell