Multimedia Collection
Color Adjustment
VHS
87 minutes
E185.615 .C64 1991
In Color Adjustment Marlon Riggs brings his landmark study of prejudice and perception begun in Ethnic Nations into the Television Age. From Amos 'n Andy to The Cosby Show, Color Adjustment traces over forty years of turbulent race relations through the lens of prime time entertainment.
Black actors Esther Rolle, Diahann Carroll, Denise Nicholas and Tim Reid and Hollywood producers Norman Lear, Steve Bochco and David Wolper reveal the behind-the-scenes story of how prime time was "integrated." Revisiting such popular favorites as Beulah, The Nat King Cole Show, Julia, I Spy, Good Times and Roots, viewers see how bitter racial conflict was absorbed into the non-controversial formats of the prime time series.
Color Adjustment confirms the observation by James Baldwin which begins the film: "The country's image of the Negro which hasn't very much to do with the Negro, has never failed to reflect with a kind of terrifying accuracy the state of mind of the country."
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