Haygood 's newest book\, Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a W hite World\, is an unprecedented history of Black cinema. He \;ex amines 100 years of Black movies---from Gone with the Wind to Blaxploitati on films to Black Panther--using the struggles and triumphs of the artists \, and the films themselves\, as a prism to explore Black culture\, civil rights\, and racism in America. He traces how Black films reflect the hist ory of Black culture\, civil rights\, and racism in America.
\nHaygo od is the acclaimed author of Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supr eme Court Nomination that Changed America. He is \;perhaps best k nown for his article "A Butler Well Served by This Election\," which appea red in the Washington Post in 2008\, and was the basis for the mo vie Lee Daniels&rsquo\; The Butler (Haygood followed the article with a biography of White House butler Eugene Allen\, The Butler: A Wi tness to History).
\nPamela Williams \;pro duced multi-award nominated feature film \;Lee Daniels&rsquo\; The But ler and The United States vs. Billie Holiday\, \;for which Andra Day w as nominated for the \;Academy Award for Best Actress \;and won th e \;Golden Globe Award for Best Actress &ndash\; Motion Picture Drama. \;
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