Jim Pines

Jim Pines was an American-born film historian, author and filmmaker. He published widely in journals, including Screen, and wrote the books Blacks in Films (1975), Questions of Third Cinema (1990, with Paul Willemen), Reggae: Deep Roots Music with Howard Johnson, and Doing the Right Thing: The Spike Lee Phenomenon (2010).

Jim Pines
Born
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died2023, aged 77
England
Occupation(s)Film historian, writer and filmmaker
Notable workBlacks in Films (1975)

Biography

Pines was born in the United States in Boston, Massachusetts, but spent his working life in London, England. He worked for the British Film Institute's Education Department[1] and was a film historian specialising in Black cinema.[2] He was based during his career at the University of Westminster but also worked with students from Goldsmiths College and St Martin’s School of Art.[3]

He published widely in many journals such as Screen[1] and wrote the books Blacks in Films in 1975,[4] Questions of Third Cinema in 1990 with Paul Willemen,[5] and Reggae: Deep Roots Music (1982, with Howard Johnson).[6] In 2010, Pines published Doing the Right Thing: The Spike Lee Phenomenon (BlackAmber Inspirations).[6]

Pines was also a filmmaker, and in 1977, he directed the documentary Breaking the Boundaries for the Commission for Racial Equality.[7]

He was often interviewed on television and used as a commentator on Black cinema, notably in Isaac Julien’s 1992 Black and White in Colour: Television, Memory, Race, 1968–92.[2][8][9]

Pines died aged 77 in 2023.[3]

Books
  • Blacks in Film, Studio Vista, 1975, ISBN 978-0289703267.
  • (with Howard Johnson) Reggae: Deep Roots Music, London: Proteus Books. 1982, ISBN 978-0-86276-117-2.
  • (with Paul Willemen) Questions of Third Cinema., BFI Publishing, 1990, ISBN 978-0851702308.
  • (Editor) Black and White in Colour: Black People in British Television Since 1936, BFI Publishing, 1992, ISBN 978-0851703282.
  • Doing the Right Thing: The Spike Lee Phenomenon, London: BlackAmber Inspirations/Arcadia Books, 2010, ISBN 9781906413415.

References
  1. Pines, Jim (1975-02-01). Blacks in Films. London: Littlehampton Book Services Ltd. ISBN 978-0-289-70326-7.
  2. "Jim Pines". BFI. Archived from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  3. "Sight and Sound: the Suzume issue". BFI. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  4. Pines, Jim (1975). Blacks in films. A survey of racial themes and images in the American film. London: Studio Vista. ISBN 978-0-289-70326-7.
  5. Pines, Jim, ed. (1994). Questions of third cinema (Reprinted ed.). London: BFI Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85170-230-8.
  6. Johnson, Howard; Pines, Jim (1982). Reggae: deep roots music. London: Proteus Books. ISBN 978-0-86276-117-2.
  7. "Breaking the Boundaries (1977)". BFI. Archived from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  8. "Jim Pines". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  9. "Jim Pines Black and White in Colour (Rushes) Reel 40 (1991)". BFI. Archived from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
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