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At the Sundance Film Festival 2020, three black women directors took home a prize. [30] Maïmouna Doucouré is a French film maker. Her feature film, Cuties, first premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. [31] [32] Radha Blank made her first feature film, The 40-Year-Old Version, in 2020. Blank went on to win the Directing Award in the U.S ...
She made film history in 2019 when her debut feature film “Atlantics” (2019) became the first movie from a Black female director to compete for the prestigious Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film ...
Ava Marie DuVernay (/ ˌ dj uː v ər ˈ n eɪ /; [1] born August 24, 1972) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. She is a recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards, two NAACP Image Award, a BAFTA Film Award, and a BAFTA TV Award, as well as a nominee for an Academy Award and Golden Globe.
First African director whose films have received three nominations for Best Foreign Language Film. 2013: Abderrahmane Sissako: Mauritania: Timbuktu: Nominated 2019: Ladj Ly: France: Les Miserables: Nominated First non-African film directed by a Black director to be nominated in this category.
The Directors Guild of America’s latest breakdown of TV director employment shows major gains for women and for Black helmers overall but the numbers also spotlight the systemic lack of movement ...
“Candyman” opened to No. 1 at the box office, making DaCosta the first Black female director to open at the top of U.S. box office charts. DaCosta made her feature debut with the critically ...
B. Orlando Bagwell; Sam Bailey (director) Mya Baker; Melvonna Ballenger; Robert Banks (filmmaker) Rhonda Baraka; Paris Barclay; Neema Barnette; Qasim Basir; Kim Bass
Every Black actor and actress, director and comedian stands on the shoulders of those who paved the way for future generations. In honor of Black History Month, ET is celebrating some of the ...