Discusses stereotyped portrayals of
black males in various films. Cites examples from THE BIRTH OF A NATION, GUESS WHO'S
COMING TO DINNER, the blaxploitation genre, MANDINGO, 1930s films of the old South, THEY WON'T FORGET, 1940S STEREOTYPES AND THE "New Negro," TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. Realistic treatment of
black males in several independent later films.