As we near the end of Black History Month, here is a roundup of sites that highlight films from and about the African-American community.
From “The Root,” a news source from the African-American perspective, comes 10 Films on Our Must-See List in 2013, including a Jackie Robinson biopic and a new Will Smith sci-fi flick.
The story of late Brooklyn Dodgers star Jackie Robinson gets the big-screen treatment in ’42, with Chadwick Boseman as Robinson.
BlackShortFilms.com. Short films featuring black directors, actors, writers, and themes. Twenty-four short films are currently featured at the website.
BlackClassicMovies.com offers a Top 100 collection of the best black American classic movies available today. The list covers over 80 years of films dating back as early as 1920.
Hollywood Black Film Festival. Dubbed “The Black Sundance,” the Hollywood Black Film Festival (HBFF) is an annual four-day celebration of black cinema drawing together established filmmakers, popular film and TV stars, writers, directors, industry executives, emerging artists, and diverse audiences from Hollywood and around the world.
The HistoryMakers. A video oral history archive of the untold personal stories of both well-known and unsung African Americans. The archive includes more than 2,000 interviews.
