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It includes film producers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "African-American film ...
In the early days of cinema, African-American roles were scarce and often filled with stereotypes. Pioneers like Oscar Micheaux, one of the first significant African-American filmmakers, countered these narratives with films like The Homesteader (1919) and Body and Soul (1925), which were part of the "race film" genre and tackled issues such as racial violence, economic oppression, and ...
The 1970s Black variant sought to tell Black stories with Black actors to Black audiences, but they were usually not produced by African Americans. As Junius Griffin, the president of the Hollywood branch of the NAACP , wrote in a New York Times op-ed in 1972: "At present, Black movies are a 'rip off' enriching major white film producers and a ...
Two years after McDaniel's historic win at the Oscars, Lena Horne, singer, actress, dancer and activist was the first Black actress to sign a long-term contract with a major Hollywood studio (MGM).
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In the 1990s, black filmmakers started to break through into all-white Hollywood. In the 1990s, black film creators started showing representation in front and behind the camera. In 1991, Julie Dash became the first African-American female filmmaker to have a full-length general theatrical release in the US for her film Daughters of the Dust.
Debra Martin Chase (born October 11, 1956) is an American film, television, and theater producer. Chase was the first Black female producer to have a deal at any major studio.
Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (US: / m ɪ ˈ ʃ oʊ / ⓘ; (January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films.. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the first movie company owned and controlled by black filmmakers, [1] Micheaux is regarded as the first major African-American feature filmmaker, a prominent ...