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Militant Blax: Screening Revolution in the Films of Oscar Williams, Christopher St. John, and Ivan Dixon

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Militant Blax: Screening Revolution in the Films of Oscar Williams, Christopher St. John, and Ivan Dixon. / Munby, Latimer Jonathan.
African American Cinema Through Black Lives Consciousness. ed. / Mark A. Reid. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press, 2019. p. 101-119.

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Harvard

Munby, LJ 2019, Militant Blax: Screening Revolution in the Films of Oscar Williams, Christopher St. John, and Ivan Dixon. in MA Reid (ed.), African American Cinema Through Black Lives Consciousness. Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan, pp. 101-119. <https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/books/detail/african-american-cinema-through-black-lives-consciousness>

APA

Munby, L. J. (2019). Militant Blax: Screening Revolution in the Films of Oscar Williams, Christopher St. John, and Ivan Dixon. In M. A. Reid (Ed.), African American Cinema Through Black Lives Consciousness (pp. 101-119). Wayne State University Press. https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/books/detail/african-american-cinema-through-black-lives-consciousness

Vancouver

Munby LJ. Militant Blax: Screening Revolution in the Films of Oscar Williams, Christopher St. John, and Ivan Dixon. In Reid MA, editor, African American Cinema Through Black Lives Consciousness. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. 2019. p. 101-119

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Munby, Latimer Jonathan. / Militant Blax : Screening Revolution in the Films of Oscar Williams, Christopher St. John, and Ivan Dixon. African American Cinema Through Black Lives Consciousness. editor / Mark A. Reid. Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, 2019. pp. 101-119

Bibtex

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