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BLACK FILM CENTER ARCHIVES - Indiana University
THE stellar site for any and all information on Black American Cinema from the 1890's to the present.
A CINEMA APART:
A Cinema Apart: Pre-1959 Black Films and Posters.
A Cinema Apart is the collector's place to find rare African American films and African American film memorabilia.
A Cinema Apart offers you, the COLLECTOR, the
chance to obtain rare, hard to find or unreleased African-American pre-1959 films.
Cincinnati World Cinema
Presenting outstanding motion pictures exploring the human condition celebrating cultural diversity. Visit this site frequently
for screenings schedule, incredible links, additional info, and more.
Provider of African-American daily news and educational resources and home of Microsoft's
Encarta Africana.
Bijou Cafe:
One of the first streaming sites on the Internet, still running and primarily a conduit
for short, feature and experimental films not normally distributed by any other means.
The Black Film Center/Archive is a repository of films
and related materials by and about African Americans. Included are films which have substantial participation by African Americans
as writers, actors, producers, directors, musicians, and consultants, as well as those which depict some aspect of black experience.
Site featuring recent news on independent and Hollywood
film releases. Includes interviews, sponsors monthly screenings of Black indie work at major cities in the US.
Founded
in 1996, the Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center is a nonprofit, public benefit organization designed to advocate,
educate, research, develop, and preserve the history and future of Blacks in film and television.
Availability of high quality video resources which
are in themselves a testimony to the richness, diversity, dynamism and universality of the African American experience.
They provide valuable historical, cultural, political and sociological chronicles about the people and events that have shaped
America from slavery to present day. This comprehensive perspective provides a powerful context to understand current issues
of race and prejudice.
The Criterion Collection
Recently released Paul Robeson Collection, an exquisite DVD tribute to Paul Robeson, is available
at this website.
The place to find any and everything Black on the 'Net.
Geechee Girls Multimedia:
Director Julie Dash's site for daughters of the Dust and her personal portfolio of work.
Midnight Ramble Video:
Established in 1992 in Portland, Oregon, MRV sells vintage
African American videos from a forgotten or unknown era in American cinema history. "Midnight Ramble" was a term used to describe
a period in cinema history when African Americans in the South would view Race-Films in segregated theaters.
Oscar Micheaux Society:
The Micheaux Society: An organization sponsored by
the Duke University Program in Film Studies, is devoted to the preservation of and scholarship about Oscar Micheaux's
works.
Separate Cinema:
Art and history of African Americans in film. Information about poster archive, traveling poster
exhibit, memorabilia, black movie posters, blaxploitation posters, jazz posters, movie poster exhibits, museum exhibits, SITES,
separate cinema archive, Smithsonian, etc.
Six Acres Bed & Breakfast, Cincinnati, Ohio
Gorgeous,
Black owned bed & breakfast in Cincinnati, Ohio. Built between 1850 and 1860 this beautiful home has a unique connection
to the Underground Railroad. Having been owned and built by Zebulon Strong, noted abolitionist and participant in the
Underground Railroad, this home honors the spirit of that tradition offering food and shelter to weary travelers.
Over the past several years, Urbanworld has presented
almost 300 features, shorts and documentaries. Now in its seventh year, the Urbanworld Film Festival is the largest internationally
competitive festival of its kind, with an advisory board that includes: Debbie Allen, Charles Burnett, Michelle Byrd, Julie
Dash, Kenneth "Babyface" and Tracey Edmonds, Giancarlo Esposito, Carl Franklin, Danny Glover, Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya
Richardson Jackson, Rosie Perez, John Pierson, Wesley Snipes, Nick Wechsler and Laura Ziskin.
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