Frame by Frame IA reprint of the classic 1979 edition, containing listings of over 3000 film items with Black themes and subject matter from the period 19001977. For the past decade or so scholars have been looking at the role of Blacks in a medium that has profoundly influenced attitudes toward race and society. Here is a compendium of approximately 3,000 film items. Listed are films with black themes or subject matter (even before black actors appeared in them);