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 ⓘ