Jacqueline Stewart

Jacqueline Stewart is Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago. She co-curated the Kino-Lorber 5-disc set "Pioneers of African American Cinema," and presented films from this landmark collection on Turner Classic Movies with Ben Mankiewicz. Her publications include Migrating to the Movies: Cinema & Black Urban Modernity, and L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema. In 2015 and 2017 she was named one of Chicago's "50 Screen Gems" by Newcity magazine.

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