When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Dwight Garner The first chapter of Wil Haygood’s elegant and well-made book of history, ...

This week on Under the Radar: From the moment D.W. Griffith’s “Birth of a Nation” became a film sensation, racist portrayals of African Americans have been embedded in film history. Author Wil Haygood ...

Listen to new episodes on your smartphone or other device. Journalist Wil Haygood joins Jonathan Capehart to discuss his new book, “Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World.” ...

The ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence (AI) image colorization were recently brought to public attention when several historical images were altered using digital algorithms. Irish artist ...

“Colorization: One Hundred Years Of Black Films In A White World,” by Wil Haygood, (Alfred A. Knopf: New York), 2021, 452 pages, hardcover.

Film colorization is any process that adds color to black-and-white, sepia, or monochrome moving-picture images. It may be done as a special effect, or to modernize black-and-white films, or to ...