Terri Francis is the author of Josephine Baker’s Cinematic Prism (Indiana University Press, 2021). She is Associate Professor of Cinematic Arts and Associate Dean for an Inclusive and Creative Public Life in the School of Communication at the University of Miami. Dr. Francis’s research centers on innovators and adventurers in film during the early 20th century and the early 21st century. Her publications in Film History, Black Camera, Transition, Feminist Media Histories, SEEN, and Film Quarterly draw on archival research, wide-ranging interviews, historical contexts, and deep visual analysis, as she examines the refractions of black performance, creativity, and desires to see and be seen. https://www.terrifrancis.com/