Phyllis R. Klotman | |
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Born | Phyllis Helen Rauch September 9, 1924 |
Died | March 30, 2015 | (aged 90)
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Professor, Archivist, Film theorist |
Spouse(s) | Robert Klotman (m. 1943–2012) |
Children | Paul Klotman |
Parent | Isadore & Esther Rauch |
Phyllis R. Klotman (September 9, 1924 – March 30, 2015) was a film theorist, archivist, professor and later dean for women's affairs at Indiana University, Bloomington. She established the Black Film Center/Archive at Indiana University and championed African-American filmmakers. Klotman is the author of Another Man Gone: The Black Runner in Contemporary Afro-American Literature (1977); Frame by Frame: A Black Filmography (1979); and Struggles for Representation: African American Documentary Film and Video (1999).[1]