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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.
Oscar Micheaux, a pioneer in African-American cinema. 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 ...
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.
Devil in a Blue Dress (film) Divorce in the Black. Django Unchained. Do the Right Thing. Dr. Dolittle 2. Dolemite. Dolemite Is My Name. Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood. Don't Waste Your Pretty.
African-American representation in Hollywood. The presence of African Americans in major motion picture roles has stirred controversy and been limited dating back decades due to lingering racism following slavery and segregation. [citation needed] ". Through most of the 20th century, images of African-Americans in advertising were mainly ...
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 ...
Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by Theodore Melfi and written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder.It is loosely based on the 2016 non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly about three female African-American mathematicians: Katherine Goble Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer), and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe), who worked ...
First time multiple African-American actresses from the same film are nominated in the same category. First film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. Winfrey's debut film performance. Oprah Winfrey: Sofia Nominated 1990: Whoopi Goldberg: Ghost: Oda Mae Brown Won