LibGuides: Primary Sources for African American History: Movies and Films

Movies: Black Film Archive

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Black Film Archive is a living register of Black films, with links to where they are available to steam. In its current iteration, it showcases Black films made from 1898 to 1989 currently streaming. Created by Maya Cade.

Interveiw with Maya Cade: Maya Cade, Creator Of The Black Film Archive, On Making Black Cinema More Accessible
September 8, 2021: NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Maya Cade, who saw how hard it is to access movies by Black directors — so she created the Black Film Archive, a collection of nearly 250 films spanning seven decades.
Interview with Maya Cade: How Black resistance in film has been received by the public through the years
Feburary 28, 2023: NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Library of Congress scholar-in-residence and Black Film Archive creator Maya Cade about Black resistance in film and how it has been received by the public over the years.
Twitter Account for the Black Film Archive