从对小孔成像、视觉暂留的利用和不计其数的光学仪器的发明，直到1895年卢米埃尔兄弟在巴黎首次公开放映，影片回顾电影近八个世纪史前史的重要成果，间歇旁白仅提供历史背景的简短解释，对导演本人珍藏的包括西洋镜、透景画箱、立体镜图和魔术画片等众多古董器械的实际演示则直接再现前人移动影像的尝试。（豆瓣电影字幕翻译2.0小组）

从对小孔成像、视觉暂留的利用和不计其数的光学仪器的发明，直到1895年卢米埃尔兄弟在巴黎首次公开放映，影片回顾电影近八个世纪史前史的重要成果，间歇旁白仅提供历史背景的简短解释，对导演本人珍藏的包括西洋镜、透景画箱、立体镜图和魔术画片等众多古董器械的实际演示则直接再现前人移动影像的尝试。（豆瓣电影字幕翻译2.0小组）

情色小说作家Cox对她正在创作的最新小说进行了深入研究。

情色小说作家Cox对她正在创作的最新小说进行了深入研究。

本片以电影剧照、电影宣传照、导演工作照和演员照片等引来夸张搞笑的动画，道尽一部优秀电影的出炉是何其艰难，其中的一把辛酸泪只有电影人自己才知。 　　编剧要通过不断地与稍纵即逝的灵感做斗争，才能写出自己和导演都满意的剧本；可是他们满意的剧本，相关审查部门总能找出各种各样的问题，于是最终到达他们手上的剧本，可能已与原来的大相径庭；之后，导演开始与摄影师、美工、场记等人员一遍遍地沟通，敲定细节，找寻合适的演员；拍摄中，问题会一个接一个出现，有些镜头要重复拍摄许多次；拍完剪完，要再送有关部门审查，如果他们提出修改意见，有些镜头必须重拍；好不容易电影上映了，该电影的所有工作人员又要忐忑不安地等待观众的检验。

本片以电影剧照、电影宣传照、导演工作照和演员照片等引来夸张搞笑的动画，道尽一部优秀电影的出炉是何其艰难，其中的一把辛酸泪只有电影人自己才知。 　　编剧要通过不断地与稍纵即逝的灵感做斗争，才能写出自己和导演都满意的剧本；可是他们满意的剧本，相关审查部门总能找出各种各样的问题，于是最终到达他们手上的剧本，可能已与原来的大相径庭；之后，导演开始与摄影师、美工、场记等人员一遍遍地沟通，敲定细节，找寻合适的演员；拍摄中，问题会一个接一个出现，有些镜头要重复拍摄许多次；拍完剪完，要再送有关部门审查，如果他们提出修改意见，有些镜头必须重拍；好不容易电影上映了，该电影的所有工作人员又要忐忑不安地等待观众的检验。

Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, WWI aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals, are satirized using the same cast.

Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, WWI aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals, are satirized using the same cast.

ETHNIC NOTIONS is Marlon Riggs' Emmy-winning documentary that takes viewers on a disturbing voyage through American history, tracing for the first time the deep-rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-black prejudice. Through these images we can begin to understand the evolution of racial consciousness in America. Loyal Toms, carefree Sambos, faithful Mammies, grinning Coons, savage Brutes, and wide-eyed Pickaninnies roll across the screen in cartoons, feature films, popular songs, minstrel shows, advertisements, folklore, household artifacts, even children's rhymes. These dehumanizing caricatures permeated popular culture from the 1820s to the Civil Rights period and implanted themselves deep in the American psyche. Narration by Esther Rolle and commentary by respected scholars shed light on the origins and devastating consequences of this 150 yearlong parade of bigotry. ETHNIC NOTIONS situates each stereotype historically in white society's shifting needs to justify racist oppression from slavery to the present day. The insidious images exacted a devastating toll on black Americans and continue to undermine race relations. ETHNIC NOTIONS has quickly become a mainstay of university, high school, and public library collections. It is a basic audio visual text for American History, Sociology, Black Studies, Anthropology, Social Psychology, Media Studies, and any training program concerned with stereotyping and cross-cultural understanding. Approaching a complex and delicate subject with great sensitivity, ETHNIC NOTIONS equips viewers to view media and other cultural representations with a more critical eye. It's a direct challenge to those who say, "It was just a joke."

ETHNIC NOTIONS is Marlon Riggs' Emmy-winning documentary that takes viewers on a disturbing voyage through American history, tracing for the first time the deep-rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-black prejudice. Through these images we can begin to understand the evolution of racial consciousness in America. Loyal Toms, carefree Sambos, faithful Mammies, grinning Coons, savage Brutes, and wide-eyed Pickaninnies roll across the screen in cartoons, feature films, popular songs, minstrel shows, advertisements, folklore, household artifacts, even children's rhymes. These dehumanizing caricatures permeated popular culture from the 1820s to the Civil Rights period and implanted themselves deep in the American psyche. Narration by Esther Rolle and commentary by respected scholars shed light on the origins and devastating consequences of this 150 yearlong parade of bigotry. ETHNIC NOTIONS situates each stereotype historically in white society's shifting needs to justify racist oppression from slavery to the present day. The insidious images exacted a devastating toll on black Americans and continue to undermine race relations. ETHNIC NOTIONS has quickly become a mainstay of university, high school, and public library collections. It is a basic audio visual text for American History, Sociology, Black Studies, Anthropology, Social Psychology, Media Studies, and any training program concerned with stereotyping and cross-cultural understanding. Approaching a complex and delicate subject with great sensitivity, ETHNIC NOTIONS equips viewers to view media and other cultural representations with a more critical eye. It's a direct challenge to those who say, "It was just a joke."