Black Cinematic History
In honor of Black History month, I decided to embark on a retrospective series that chronicles the history of African-American filmmakers from the turn of the century into the contemporary era. In 2016 for Black History Month, the focus honed in on female creators of motion pictures within the African diaspora. My time with each film, producer, director, and screenwriter has been an inspiring and incredibly informative endeavor, one that I hope to share with others. Be sure to read and comment on these milestone films and filmmakers. Feel free to recommend any other significant works from early era Black filmmakers, American or otherwise, that I may have missed.
BLACK WOMEN FILMMAKERS
A Spotlight on Female African American Filmmakers of Early Cinema (1916-1928)
Hallelujah (1929); And the Highlight of African-American Actresses in Early Hollywood
The Fading Creative Control of Black Women in the 1930s
The Domination of Hollywood in the 1940s; And its Affects on Black Cinema
The Rise of Television, Black Visibility, and the Illusion of Creative Control in the 1950s
How Dorothy Dandridge Aided in the Validity and Transformation of Tamango (1958)
Rebelling Against the Status Quo With Art and Anger
Rising Success in 1970s and the Clamor for Self-Representation
A SHORT HISTORY ON BLACK FILMMAKERS
The Movement of Black Filmmakers in Early 1900
Oscar Micheaux’s Within Our Gates (1920)
The Symbol of the Unconquered (1920) and Body and Soul (1925); And the Issue of Colorism
Spencer Williams’ The Blood of Jesus (1941)
The Films of Oscar Micheaux and Spencer Williams
The Learning Tree (1969); And Hollywood’s First Black Director, Gordon Parks.
Ivan Dixon’s The Spook Who Sat By the Door (1973)
Emma Mae aka Black Sister’s Revenge (1974); And the L.A. Rebellion
Killer of Sheep (1977); And its Connection to My Childhood
My Spiritual Awakening with Julie Dash’s Daughters of the Dust (1991)
The Cinephiliac 
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