A Filmography of Black Women Independent
Film and Video Makers Compiled by John Williams
published in Black
Scholar, Vol. 25, No. 2.(Contact
Robert Allen, Senior Editor)
We have included this list to
pay tribute to Black Women Filmmmakers who are working to make our voices heard.
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| Anita Addison Eva's Man (1976) 13 mins. Savannah (1989) 30 mins. |
Shari Frilot Fly Boy (1989) 7 mins. A Cosmic Demonstration of Sexuality (1993) 15 mins. What is a Line? (1994) 10 mins. |
Cyrille Phipps Our House: Gays and Lesbians in the Hood (1992) 21 mins. Black Women, Sexual Politics and the Revolution (1992) 30 mins. Sacred Lives, Civil Truth (1993) 58 mins. |
| Jamika Ajalon My Tribe (1990) 10 mins. Blood Poem (1991) 9 mins. Introduction to Cultural Skit-zo-Frenia (1993) 10 mins. Shades (1994) 14 mins. |
Linda Gibson Improvisation II (1975) 3 mins. Flag (1989) 24 mins. |
Debra Robinson I Be Done Was Is (1984) 60 mins. Kiss Grandma Goodbye (1992) 70 mins. |
| Maya Angelou Georgia, Georgia (1972) 90 mins. Sister, Sister (1982) 90 mins. Down in the Delta, 1999 |
Leah Gilliam Now Pretend (1991) 10 mins. |
Demetria Royals Mama's Pushcart: Ellen Stewart and 25 Years of La Mama (1988) 54 mins. Inventing Herself: An Installation (1993) |
Debbie Allen Out of Synch (1995) 90 mins. Stomping at the Savoy (1993) 75 mins. |
Joanne Grant Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker (1981) 45 mins. |
Kathe Sandler Remembering Thelma (1981) 15 mins. A Question of Color: Color Consciousness in Black America (1993) 58 mins. |
| Madeline Anderson Intergration Report I (1960) 24 mins. Malcolm X: Nationalist or Humanist? (1967) 14 mins. I Am Somebody (1970) 28 mins. Walls CAme Tumbling Down (1975) 29 Mins. |
Iman Hameen Unspoken Conversation (1987) 24 mins |
Joy Shannon Echo (1983) 27 mins. From Rags to Riches (1991) 90 mins. |
| Nicole Atkinson Word of Mouth (1991) 28 mins. Black is...Black Ain't (1995) 87 mins. |
Pamela Jennings The Silence That Allows (1990) 38 mins. |
Saundra Sharp Back Inside Herself (1984) 5 mins. Life is a Saxophone (1985) 58 mins. Picking Tribes (1988) 7 mins. Why Didn't You Tell Me This Before? (1992) 9 mins. |
| Melvonna Ballinger Rain (1982) 15 mins. Nappy Headed Lady (1983) 30 mins. |
Jacquie Jones Switched at Birth (1994) 9 mins. |
Jackie Shearer A Minor Altercation (1977) 30 mins. Eyes on the Prize II: The Promised Land (1990) 60 mins. The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry (1991) 60 mins. |
| Toni Cade Bambara The Bombing of Osage Avenue (1988) 58 mins. |
Pam Jones Forward Ever (1978) 4 mins. One (1982) 5 mins. |
Millicent Shelton Celia (1987) 12 mins. |
| Mary Neema Barnett Cosby Show Cosby Miniseries China Beach Hooperman A Different World Deadly Games Diagnostic Murder What's Happening Now The Donna Cheek Story The Redd Fox Show Sinbad Show Sky Captain (1984) 65 mins. AIDS and Black Women (1991) 30 mins. Zora is My Name (1990) 90 min. Different Worlds: A Story of Interracial Love (1992) 60 mins. Better Off Dead (1993) 60 mins. Scattered Dreams Sin and Redemption Spirit Lost (1995) |
Leslie Harris Just Another Girl on the IRT (1993) 94 mins. Short on Bessie Coleman |
Aishah Shahidah Simmons Silence...Broken (1993) 7 mins. |
| Anna Marie "Jade" Bryan Listen to the Hands of Our People (1993) 26 mins. Cutting the Edge of a Free Bird (1993) 26 mins. |
Bess Lomax Hawes Pizza-Pizza Daddy-O (1989) 18 mins. Georgia Sea Island Singers (1980) 12 mins. |
Cauleen Smith Daily Rains (1990) 10 mins. Chronicles of a Lying Spirit by Kelly Garon (1992) 6 mins. |
| Camille Billops Suzanne, Suzanne (1982) 26 mins. Older Women and Love (1987) 26 mins. Finding Christa (1991) 55 mins. The KKK Boutique Ain't Just Rednecks (1994) 90 mins. |
Helaine Head Simple Justice I (1992) 90 mins. |
Vejan Lee Smith Mother's Hands (1992) 10 mins. Human Touch: Power and Pain (1993) 30 mins. |
| Aarin Burch Dreams of Passion (1989) 5 mins. Club Q (1991) 8 mins. Spin Cycles (1990) 5 mins. |
H. Len Keller Ife: A day in the Life of a Black French Lesbian (1993) 5 mins. |
Christina Springer Creation of Destiny (1993) 7 mins. |
| Carroll Parrot Blue Varnettes World: A Study of a Young Artist (1979) 26 mins. Conversations with Roy DeCarava (1984) 28 mins. Nigerian Art: Kinded Spirits (1990) 58 mins. |
Patricia Khayam Henry Box Brown (1990) 9 mins. |
Dawn Suggs Chasing the Moon (1990) 3 mins. I Never Danced the Way Girls Were Supposed To... (1992) 7 mins. |
| Cheryl Bond-Nelms A Fine Line: Standards in American Politics (1991) 58 mins. |
Daresha Kyi The Thinnest Line (1998) 10 mins. Land Where My Fathers Died (1991) 23 mins. |
Ellen Sumter Rags and Old Love (1986) 55 mins. |
| Pearl Bowser Namibia: Independence Now! (1985) 55 mins. Midnight Ramble (1993) 60 min. |
Alile Sharon Larkin Your Children Come Back to You (1979) 27 mins. A Different Image (1982) 51 mins. Miss Fluci Moses (1987) 22 mins. |
Jocelyn Taylor Be a Diva (1990) 58 mins. Looking for Labelle (1991) 5 mins. 24 Hours a Day (1993) 8 mins. Frankie and Jocie (1994) 18 mins. |
| Delle Chatman Madam Secretary (1993) |
Kasi Lemmons Fall from Grace (1987) 7mins. EVE'S BAYOU(1998) 97 min. |
Ayanna Udongo Edges (1992) 4 mins. |
| Ayoka Chenzira Syvilla: They Dance to Her Drum (1979) 25 min. Flamboyant Ladies Speak Out ( 1982) 30 min. Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy Headed People (1984) 10 min. Secrets Sounds Screaming: The Sexual Abuse of Children (1986) 30 mins. Five out of Five (1987) 7 mins. Zajota and the Boogie Spirit (1989) 14 mins. Alma's Rainbow (1992) 85 min. Pull Your Head to the Moon: Stories of Creole Women (1992) 12 mins. |
Carol Munday Lawrence The Black West (1981) 30 mins. Portrait of Two Artists: Hughie Lee Smith and Jacob Lawrence (1979) 30 mins. Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer (1981) 30 mins. The Cotton Club (1982) 29 mins. |
Yvonne Welbon Monique (1991) 3 mins. The Cinematic Jazz of Julie Dash (1992) 26 mins. Sisters in the Life: First Love (1993) 23 mins. Missing Relations (1994) 13 mins. |
| Portia Cobb Endangered Species Ed.: An Installation (1990) Who Are You? An Oakland Love Story (1990) 4 mins. No Justice, No Peace: Black Males Immediate (1922) 14 min. |
Audrey King Lewis The Gifted (1991) 120 mins. |
K. Malaika Williams One Drop Rule (1990) 25 mins. |
| Kathleen Collins Prettyman The Cruz Brothers and Mrs. Molloy (1980) 54 mins. Losing Ground (1982) 86 mins. |
Edie Lynch Lost Control (1975) 50 mins. |
Dorrie Wilson The New Rap Language (1991) 25 mins. |
| Carmen Coustaut Extra Change (1987) 30 mins. Francee Covington The Gospel According to... (1988) 60 mins. The Card Game (1990) 30 secs. |
Sonya Lynn Blues Story (1989) 12 mins. Sweet (1992) 20 mins. |
Fronza Woods Fannie's Film (1981) 15 mins. Killing Time (1979) 9 mins. |
| Michelle Crenshaw Skin Deep (1990) 8 mins. |
O. Funmilayo Makarah Creating a Different Image: Portrait of Alile Sharon Larkin (1989) 5 mins. Define (1988) 5 mins. Fired Up! Or How I Turned My Rage into Art: An Installation (1992) |
Jacqueline Woodson/Catherine Saalfield Among Good Christian People (1990) 24 mins. |
| Julie Dash Working Models of Sucess (1973) 30 mins. Diary of African Nun (1977) 13 min. Four Women (1978) 7 mins. Breaking the Silence (1988) Phyliss Wheatly, YWCA (1989) Preventing Cancer (1989) 30 mins. Relatives (1989) 30 mins. Illusions (1983) 34 mins. Daughters of the Dust (1991) 113 mins. Praise House (1991) 30 mins. Lost in the Night (1991) 5 mins. Breaths (1994) 5 mins. |
Mary Morten/Nathalie Hutchinson The Nia Project: Images of African American Lesbians (1993) 10 mins. |
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| Zeinabu Irene Davis Recreating Black Women's Media Image (1983) Crocodile Conspiracy (1986) 13 mins. Sweet Bird of Youth (1986) 8 mins. Cycles (1989) 17 mins. Trumpetistically, Clora Bryant (1989) 5 mins. A Period Piece (1991) 4 mins. A Powerful Thang (1991) 57 mins. |
Jessie Maple Will (1981) 80 mins. Twice as Nice (1992) 60 mins. |
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| Cheryl Dunye Janine (1990) 9 mins. She Don't Fade (1991) 23 mins. Vanilla Sex (1992) 5 mins. The Potluck and the Passion (1993) 22 mins. Untitled Portrait (1993) 5 mins. Complicated Flesh (1993) 14 mins. Greetings from Africa (1994) 10 mins. |
Barbara McCullough Water Ritual No. 1: An Urban Rite of Purification (1979) 4 mins. The World Saxophone Quartet (1990) 5 mins. Shopping Bag Spirits and Fetishes: Reflections on Ritual Space (1981) 60 mins. The World Saxophone Quartet (1990) 5 mins. Fragments (1980) 10 mins. |
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| Cynthia Ealey A Mother is a Mother (1992) 27 mins. |
Stephany Minor Keep On Moving (1993) 17 mins. |
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| Cheryl Fabio-Bradford Rainbow Black (1976) 31 minutes |
Donna Mungen Affairs of the Politicial Heart (1985) 25 mins. A Telephone Call (1985) 13 mins. Success Avenue: Watts L.A. (1993) 20 mins. |
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| Elena Featherston Alice Walker: Visions of the Spirit (1988) 58 min. |
Melanie Nelson A Bird in the Hand (1992) 94 mins. |
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| Heather Foxworth Trouble I've Seen (1988) 90 mins. |
Ruby Oliver Leola: Love Your Mama (1993) 94 mins. |
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| Monica J. Freeman Valarie: A Woman, An Artist, A Philosophy of Life (1975) 15 mins. A Sense of Pride: HAmilton Heights (1977) 15 mins. Learning Through the Arts: The Children's Art Carnival (1978) 31 mins |
Michelle Parkinson Sojourn (1978) 10 mins. ...But Then, She's Betty Carter (1980) 53 mins. Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in the Rock (1983) 58 mins. Storme: Lady of the Jewel Box (1987) 21 mins. Odds and Ends (1993) 30 mins. A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde (1995) 80 mins. |
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| Jackie Frazier Hidden Memories (1977) 20 mins. Shipley Street (1981) 28 mins. |
Nadine Patterson/Marlene Patterson Anna Russell Jones: Praisesong for a Pioneering Spirit (1993) 25 mins. |
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