Sambo (film series)

Silent film series

Sambo is a film series that was produced by Siegmund Lubin in the United States from 1909 until 1911. It met with success and was succeeded by the Rastus series.[1][2] The films followed on the success of British author Helen Bannerman's 1899 children's book The Story of Little Black Sambo and an era of enormous popularity for minstrel performances and songs including earlier films in the "coon" tradition.[3] The films have been described as farces.[4]

## See also

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* Minstrel show
* Coon song

## References

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1. ^ "96.03.13: Black Actors inamerican Cinema". teachers.yale.edu.
2. ^ Kaiser, Ernest (November 10, 1971). "Afro USA: A Reference Work on the Black Experience". Bellwether Publishing Company – via Google Books.
3. ^ Reid, Mark A.; Reid, Reviewer Mark A. (February 23, 1993). Redefining Black Film. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520079021 – via Google Books.
4. ^ Yuill, Phyllis J. (November 10, 1976). "Little Black Sambo: A Closer Look : a History of Helen Bannerman's The Story of Little Black Sambo and Its Popularity/controversy in the United States". Racism and Sexism Resource Center for Educators – via Google Books.