The Devil Finds Work
First edition cover
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| Author | James Baldwin |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Essay |
| Publisher | The Dial Press |
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Publication date
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1976 |
The Devil Finds Work is a book length essay by writer James Baldwin. Published in 1976, it is both a memoir of his experiences watching movies and a critique of the racial politics of American cinema.
The book opens with a discussion of a Joan Crawford film, which is the first movie Baldwin can remember seeing, and ends with a discussion of The Exorcist, which came out in 1973. Among the other movies discussed are Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of the Night and The Defiant Ones.
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