African-American cinema

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African-American cinema encompasses films created by, starring, or centering African Americans, often addressing Black experiences, culture, history, and social issues in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cinema movement
cultural movement
aimsTo challenge racial stereotypes
increase Black representation on screen
tell stories from African-American perspectives
contributesTo African-American cultural expression
debates on race and representation in film
developedFrom race films
emergedIn United States
focusesOn African-American culture
African-American experiences
African-American history
racial and social issues in the United States
hasAudience African-American communities
linked to: Black Americans

global audiences
hasHistoricalPeriod Blaxploitation era
linked to: Blaxploitation

New Black Cinema
contemporary Black cinema
race film era
hasKeyTheme Black identity
civil rights
family and community
police brutality
racism
representation in media
segregation
systemic inequality
urban life
hasLanguage English
hasNotableActor Chadwick Boseman
Denzel Washington
Halle Berry
Michael B. Jordan
Morgan Freeman
Octavia Spencer
Regina King
Sidney Poitier
Viola Davis
Whoopi Goldberg
hasNotableDirector Ava DuVernay
Barry Jenkins
Gordon Parks
John Singleton
Jordan Peele
Julie Dash
Kasi Lemmons
Oscar Micheaux
Ryan Coogler
Spike Lee
hasNotableFilm 12 Years a Slave
Black Panther
Boyz n the Hood
Daughters of the Dust
Do the Right Thing
Fences
linked to: Fences (2016 film)

Fruitvale Station
Get Out
Glory
Hidden Figures
Malcolm X
Moonlight
Selma
linked to: Selma (2014 film)

Shaft
Straight Outta Compton
The Color Purple
includesGenre comedy
crime film
documentary
drama
horror
musical
romance
social realism
isPartOf American cinema
isRelatedTo African cinema
African diaspora cinema
Black British cinema
isStudiedIn African-American studies
cultural studies
film studies
wasInfluencedBy Black Power movement
Civil Rights Movement
Harlem Renaissance
hip hop culture

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40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks associatedWith African-American cinema
Robert Townsend knownFor African-American cinema
Kevin Willmott fieldOfWork African-American studies in film
linked to: African-American cinema
Lucky partOf African-American cinema
To Sleep with Anger partOf African American cinema
linked to: African-American cinema
Margaret Avery partOf African-American cinema history
linked to: African-American cinema
Jackie Long partOf African-American cinema
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate partOf African-American cinema of the 1990s
linked to: African-American cinema
Brandon Hammond partOf African-American cinema
BET Award for Best Actress targetDemographic Black entertainment industry
linked to: African-American cinema
Tyrin Turner partOf African-American cinema
Taral Hicks partOf African-American cinema
Tina Gordon Chism notableGenre African-American cinema
Cooley High partOf African-American cinema
Monty Ross notableWorkContext African-American cinema
African-American cinema hasHistoricalPeriod New Black Cinema
linked to: African-American cinema
Olga James partOf African-American cinema history
linked to: African-American cinema
William Henry Duke Jr. fieldOfWork African-American cinema