AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN IN FILM -- Christina Baker, Assistant Professor of American
Multicultural Studies, discusses the persisting stereotypes faced by African-American
actresses in the film industry with Jack Hanson of Comcast Newsmakers. As the Oscar nominations rollout, she notes the nod goes in 2012 to two women who play maids (The Help), as happened 80 years ago with Hattie McDaniels in "Gone with the Wind" as the first African-American actress to win an Oscar. Part of Comcast Newsmakers Black History Month taping at Sonoma State University. (Jan. 30, 2012)
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