Hollywood in Color
11 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsHollywood in Color is a new podcast telling the stories of the stars usually left out of entertainment history — the people of color in front of and behind the camera who have been representing for over a century. Host Diana Martinez has a PhD in film and media studies and has written for Slate, The Atlantic, and Women in Hollywood.
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Episodes
Sonic Cinema: The Making of The Bodyguard
January 18, 2019 20:00 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBThis is episode 2 of Sonic Cinema: a series looking at a few starring history’s most iconic musicians. Today — The Making of The Bodyguard. All episodes of Hollywood in Color are heavily researched. Here are the major sources used for this episode: Whitney directed by Kevin Macdonald (documentary) Whitney: "Can I Be Me?" directed by Nick Broomfield and Rudi Dolezal (documentary) Romance and Rights: The Politics of Interracial Intimacy, 1945-1954 by Alex Lubin (book) Interracial...
Sonic Cinema: The Making of Selena
September 26, 2018 01:00 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBAll episodes of Hollywood in Color are heavily researched. Here are the major sources used for this episode: Selenidad: Selena, Latinos, and the Performance of Memory by Deborah Paredez (book) Dance and the Hollywood Latina: Race, Sex, and Stardom by Priscilla Ovalle (book) Dissonant Divas in Chicana Music: The Limits of La Onda (Chapter 5: Giving us that Brown Soul) by Deborah Vargas (book) From Bananas to Buttocks: The Latina Body in Film and Popular Culture (Chapter 7: The Ne...
Hattie McDaniel: The End
July 04, 2018 10:00 - 30 minutes - 28.5 MBAll episodes of Hollywood in Color are heavily researched. Here are the major sources used for this episode: Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood (book) by Jill Watts Hattie: The Life of Hattie McDaniel (book) by Carlton Jackson Cinema Civil Rights: Regulation, Repression, and Race in the Classical Hollywood Era (book) by Ellen Scott Making Movies Black: The Hollywood Message Movie from WWII to the Civil Rights Era (book) by Thomas Cripps Black Culture and the New D...
Hattie McDaniel: Winning and Losing
June 28, 2018 16:15 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBAll episodes of Hollywood in Color are heavily researched. Here are the major sources used for this episode: Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood (book) by Jill Watts Hattie: The Life of Hattie McDaniel (book) by Carlton Jackson Scarlett, Rhett, and A Cast of Thousands: The filming of Gone with the Wind (book) by Roland Flamini Memo from David O. Selznick (book) by David O. Selznick White Robes, Silver Screens: Movies and the Making of the KKK (book) by Tom Rice Go...
Hattie McDaniel: The Beginning
June 19, 2018 13:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBAll episodes of Hollywood in Color are heavily researched. Here are the major sources used for this episode: Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood (book) by Jill Watts Hattie: The Life of Hattie McDaniel (book) by Carlton Jackson Hattie McDaniel and the Culture of Dissemblance (article) by Victoria Sturtevant African American Actresses: The Struggle for Visibility, 1900-1960 (book) by Charlene B. Regester Clinging to Mammy: The Faithful Slave in 20th Century America ...
Las Reinas of Los Angeles: The End
May 15, 2018 13:00 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBAll episodes of Hollywood in Color are heavily researched. Here are the major sources used for this episode: Dolores Del Rio: Beauty in Light and Shade (book) by Linda B Hall Lupe Vélez: The Life and Career of Hollywood's Mexican Spitfire (book) by Michelle Vogel Lupe Vélez: Queen of the Bs (in the book From Bananas to Buttocks: The Latina Body in Popular Film and Culture) by Rosa Linda Fregoso Spitfire: Lupe Velez and the Ambivalent Pleasures of Ethnic Masquerade (article) by V...
Las Reinas of Los Angeles: An Ominous Transition
May 08, 2018 13:00 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBAll episodes of Hollywood in Color are heavily researched. Here are the major sources used for this episode: Dolores Del Rio: Beauty in Light and Shade (book) by Linda B Hall Dance and the Hollywood Latina (book) by Priscilla Ovalle The Invention of Dolores Del Rio (book) by Joanne Herschfield Dolores Del Rio, the First “Latin Invasion,” and Hollywood’s Transition to Sound (article) by Mary Beltrán Spitfire: Lupe Velez and the Ambivalent Pleasures of Ethnic Masquerade (article)...
Las Reinas of Los Angeles: Lupe Finds Fame
May 01, 2018 13:00 - 34 minutes - 32.2 MBAll episodes of Hollywood in Color are heavily researched. Here are the major sources used for this episode: Lupe Velez: The Life and Career of Hollywood's Mexican Spitfire (book) by Michelle Vogel A Trans-American Dream: Lupe Velez and the Performance of Transculturation (dissertation) by Kristy A. Rawson Scandals of Classic Hollywood (book) by Anne Helen Petersen Gary Cooper: An Intimate Biography (book) by Hector Arce Dance and the Hollywood Latina (book) by Priscilla Ovalle...
Las Reinas of Los Angeles: Dolores Makes it Big
April 24, 2018 14:00 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBAll episodes of Hollywood in Color are heavily researched. Here are the major sources used for this episode: Rebirth: Mexican Los Angeles from the Great Migration to the Great Depression (book) by Douglas Monroy Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles (book) by William Deverell Filming Pancho Villa: How Hollywood Shaped the Mexican Revolution (book) by Margarita de Orellana Making Cinelandia: American Films and Mexican Film Culture before the Golden Age (book) by Laura Isabel...
Las Reinas of Los Angeles: The Beginning
April 17, 2018 14:00 - 29 minutes - 27 MBAll episodes of Hollywood in Color are heavily researched. Here are the major sources used for this episode: The Mexican Revolution: A Very Short Introduction (book) by Alan Knight Rebirth: Mexican Los Angeles from the Great Migration to the Great Depression (book) by Douglas Monroy Dolores Del Río: Beauty in Light and Shade (book) by Linda B. Hall The Invention of Dolores Del Río (book) by Joanne Herschfield Dance and the Hollywood Latina (book) by Priscilla Ovalle Lupe Vélez...
Introducing Hollywood in Color
March 26, 2018 16:00 - 3 minutes - 2.98 MBHollywood in Color is a new podcast telling the stories of the stars usually left out of entertainment history — the people of color in front of and behind the camera who have been representing for over a century. Host Diana Martinez has a PhD in film and media studies and has written for Slate, The Atlantic, and Women in Hollywood. Every season of Hollywood in Color focuses on a certain star or set of stars that have something in common — maybe they were rivals, maybe they were fr...