Black Film Archive · Est. 1898–1999
BLACK FILM ARCHIVE
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56 films
TitleDirectorGenreYear
A Bayou LegendOscar MicheauxDrama1987A Day in the Life of Willie FaustMelvin Van PeeblesDrama1972AdamVariousDrama1983AdwaHaile GerimaDocumentary1999Aimé Césaire, Un homme une terreMichel LandiDocumentary1978AmbushedErnest DickersonDrama1998Blind FaithErnest DickersonDrama1998BoneLarry CohenDrama1972Cajun CountryVariousDocumentary1977Call WaitingVariousDrama1997CracksVariousDrama1975Cultural NationalismVariousDocumentary1968Eternity's PillarVariousDrama1996Father Clements StoryVariousDrama1987From These RootsWilliam GreavesDocumentary1974Greetings from AfricaCheryl DunyeDrama1994Greta's GirlsVariousDrama1978Hollywood ShuffleRobert TownsendComedy1987Home Movies: New OrleansVariousDocumentary1976I Like It Like ThatDarnell MartinDrama1994If She Grows Up GayVariousDocumentary1982In the Best Interests of the ChildrenFrances ReidDocumentary1977Jack JohnsonWilliam CaytonDocumentary1970JoséphaChristopher FrankDrama1982Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy JonesEllen WeissbrodDocumentary1990Lost in the StarsDaniel MannDrama1974Mass of ImagesVariousDocumentary1978Mississippi TriangleChristine ChoyDocumentary1984Modern Times: The Way of All FleshVariousDocumentary1996MOTV (My Own TV)VariousDrama1994NationtimeWilliam GreavesDocumentary1972Nothing But A ManMichael RoemerDrama1964Now is the TimeArthur JafaDocumentary1967O Happy Day: The Early Days of Black Gay LiberationVariousDocumentary1993PantherMario Van PeeblesDrama1995Paul Robeson: Here I StandSt. Clair BourneDocumentary1999Roll of Thunder Hear My CryJack SmightDrama1978Shipley StreetVariousDrama1981Sisters in the StruggleDionne BrandDocumentary1991Sly & The Family Stone: Swing in '70VariousMusic1970Stony IslandAndrew DavisDrama1978T.V. TransvestiteVariousDocumentary1974The Black and the GreenVariousDocumentary1983The Blood of JesusSpencer WilliamsDrama1941The Case of the Elevator DuckJoan SilverDrama1974The Devil Queen / A Rainha DiabaAntônio Carlos da FontouraDrama1974The Greatest Thing That Almost HappenedGilbert MosesDrama1977The Killing FloorBill DukeDrama1984The Magnificent MajorVariousDrama1917The Mark of LilithBruna FiondaDrama1986The Spook Who Sat by the DoorIvan DixonDrama1973These HandsFlora M'mbugu-SchellingDocumentary1992Three Pick-Up Men for HerrickCharles BurnettDrama1975To Dance with OliviaVariousDrama1997Watermelon ManMelvin Van PeeblesComedy1970Word, Sound and PowerVariousDocumentary1981BLACK FILM ARCHIVESource: blackfilmarchive.com · Est. Aug 2021 · Los Angeles, CA₿ 20thcenturystudios.wallet
