Jim Pines
Jim Pines | |
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| Born | c. 1946/1947 Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Died | 2023, aged 77 England |
| Occupation(s) | Film historian, writer and filmmaker |
| Notable work | Blacks in Films (1975) |
Jim Pines (c. 1946/1947 – 2023) was an American-born film historian, author and filmmaker. He published widely in journals, including Screen, and wrote the books Blacks in Films (1975), Questions of Third Cinema (1990, with Paul Willemen), Reggae: Deep Roots Music with Howard Johnson, and Doing the Right Thing: The Spike Lee Phenomenon (2010).
Biography
Pines was born in the United States in
He published widely in many journals such as Screen[1] and wrote the books Blacks in Films in 1975,[5] Questions of Third Cinema in 1990 with Paul Willemen,[6] and Reggae: Deep Roots Music (1982, with Howard Johnson).[7] In 2010, Pines published Doing the Right Thing: The Spike Lee Phenomenon (BlackAmber Inspirations).[7]
Pines was also a filmmaker, and in 1977, he directed the documentary Breaking the Boundaries for the Commission for Racial Equality.[8]
He was often interviewed on television and used as a commentator on Black cinema, notably in Isaac Julien’s 1992 Black and White in Colour: Television, Memory, Race, 1968–92.[2][9][10]
Pines died aged 77 in 2023.[4]
Books
- Blacks in Film, ISBN 978-0289703267.
- (with Howard Johnson) Reggae: Deep Roots Music, London: Proteus Books. 1982, ISBN 978-0-86276-117-2.
- (with ISBN 978-0851702308.
- (Editor) Black and White in Colour: Black People in British Television Since 1936, BFI Publishing, 1992, ISBN 978-0851703282.
- Doing the Right Thing: The Spike Lee Phenomenon, London: BlackAmber Inspirations/Arcadia Books, 2010, ISBN 9781906413415.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-289-70326-7.
- ^ a b "Jim Pines". BFI. Archived from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
- ^ "Local man launches NFT Filmfest", Kensington and Chelsea News, 11 June 1971, p. 15.
- ^ a b "Sight and Sound: the Suzume issue". BFI. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
- ISBN 978-0-289-70326-7.
- ISBN 978-0-85170-230-8.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-86276-117-2.
- ^ "Breaking the Boundaries (1977)". BFI. Archived from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
- ^ "Jim Pines". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
- ^ "Jim Pines Black and White in Colour (Rushes) Reel 40 (1991)". BFI. Archived from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
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