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This chapter explores the rise of Jaden Smith, son of actor Will Smith, and his position as a transnational black child star. Olson looks closely at Jaden Smith’s film After Earth and concludes by asking whether American culture is close to accepting the notion of a black child hero in Hollywood cinema.
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Olson, D. (2017). The Black Child Star. In: Black Children in Hollywood Cinema. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48273-6_6
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