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Daughters of the Dust is a 1991 independent film written, directed and produced by Julie Dash and is the first feature film directed by an African-American woman to be theatrically released in the United States. [2] Set in 1902, it tells the story of three generations of Gullah (also known as Geechee) women in the Peazant family on Saint Helena ...
Commercial release. The Book of Eli. January 5, 2010. The post-apocalyptic film stars Denzel Washington and is directed by the Hughes brothers. [2] Brooklyn's Finest. January 16, 2009. March 5, 2010. The crime film, directed by Antoine Fuqua, stars Don Cheadle and Wesley Snipes (along with Richard Gere and Ethan Hawke).
African-American women and African-American gay and lesbian women have also made advances directing films, in Radha Blank's comic The 40-Year-Old Version (2020), Ava DuVernay's fanciful rendition of the children's classic A Wrinkle in Time [1] [58] or Angela Robinson's short film D.E.B.S. (2003) turned feature-length adaptation in 2004.
Pioneers of African-American Cinema. Directed by. Pearl Bowser, Ebony Film Corporation, Zora Neale Hurston, Solomon Sir Jones, Richard C. Kahn, Lincoln Motion Picture Company, Richard Maurice, Oscar Micheaux, Richard Norman, Spencer Williams Jr. Produced by.
The movie was the first based upon a book written by an African-American writer. [10] Free State of Jones: 2016: Disenchanted confederate soldiers rally with runaway slaves to establish an abolitionist colony in Mississippi, led by Newton Knight, who fathers a child with a black woman. That story is framed by the one of his great-grandsons, who ...
History. Black Film Archive is a curated database of Black films released between 1898 and 1999 that are currently streaming on online platforms like YouTube, Netflix, and Tubi. [2] Some of the films are free to view due to public domain laws. [2] The site is inclusive of approximately 250 Black films as of its August 26, 2021 launch. [3]
I Am Not Your Negro is a 2016 German - American documentary film and social critique film essay directed by Raoul Peck, [3] based on James Baldwin 's unfinished manuscript Remember This House. Narrated by actor Samuel L. Jackson, the film explores the history of racism in the United States through Baldwin's recollections of civil rights leaders ...
Budget. $150,000 [1] Box office. $15.2 million [1] Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is a 1971 American independent blaxploitation action thriller film written, co-produced, scored, edited, directed by, and starring Melvin Van Peebles. His son Mario Van Peebles also appears in a small role, playing the title character as a young boy.