- Professional Notes and Research Resources
Recent Publications on Black Film
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▶ African American Theater Buildings: An Illustrated Historical Directory, 1900–1955
Eric Ledell Smith, McFarland, 2010
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▶ ALT 28 Film in African Literature Today
Ernest N. Emenyonu (editor), James Currey, 2010
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▶ American Cinema and the Southern Imaginary
Deborah Barker and Kathryn McKee (editors), University of Georgia Press, 2011
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▶ Blacks in Films, Television, and Video: An Encyclopedia
Elizabeth Hadley, Routledge, 2010
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▶ Blaxploitation Films
Mikel J. Koven, Oldcastle Books, 2010
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▶ Contemporary Black Cinema: Critical Methodologies
Paula Massood, Routledge, 2010
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▶ Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror, 1890s to Present
Robin R. Means Coleman, Routledge, 2011
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▶ Men in African Film and Fiction
Lahoucine Ouzgane (editor), Boydell & Brewer, 2011
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▶ Paul Robeson: Film Pioneer
Scott Allen Nollen, McFarland, 2010
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▶ Second Skin: Josephine Baker and the Modern Surface
Anne Anlin Cheng, Oxford University Press, 2011
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▶ Viewing African Cinema in the Twenty-First Century: Art Films and the Nollywood Video Revolution
Mahir Saul and Ralph A. Austen (editors), Ohio University Press, 2010 [End Page 165]
Black Film Research Resources
Library of Congress—Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
101 Independence Ave. SE
James Madison Building, LM 336
Washington, DC 20540-4690
Phone: (202) 707-8572
Fax: (202) 707-2371
http://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/
New York Public Library—Schomburg Center for Research in Black
Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard
New York, NY 10037-1801
Phone: (212) 491-2236
E-mail: scgenref@nypl.org
http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html
Southern Methodist University—The Tyler, Texas Black Film Collection
Dallas, TX 75205
Phone: (214) 768-2000
http://www.smu.edu/blackfilms/
UCLA Film and Television Archive
302 East Melnitz
Box 951323
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1323
Phone: (310) 206-5388
E-mail: arsc@ucla.edu
http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/
USC Cinema/Television Library
Doheny Memorial Library 3550
Trousdale Parkway University Park Campus
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0185
Phone: (213) 740-3994
E-mail: cin@usc.edu
http://www.usc.edu/libraries/locations/cinema_tv/ [End Page 166]
Mayme Clayton Library Museum & Cultural Center Film Archives
Western States Black Research and Educational Center
3617 Montclair Street
Los Angeles, CA 90018-2442
Phone: (626) 794-4677
E-mail: aclayton@wsbrec.org
http://www.wsbrec.org/collection/film.html
Margaret Herrick Library
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
333 South La Cienega Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
http://www.oscars.org/library/index.html
Yale University—Film Study Center
53 Wall Street, Room B17
New Haven, CT 06511
Phone: (203) 432-0148
Fax: (203) 432-4079
http://www.yale.edu/filmstudy/
Smithsonian—Archives Center
National Museum of American History
12th, 14th & Constitution Avenue
Washington, DC 20560-0601
Phone: (202) 633-3270
TDD: (202) 357-1729
Fax: (202) 786-2453
E-mail: archivescenter@si.edu
Washington University Film & Media Archive
One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1061
St. Louis, MO 63130
Phone: (314) 935-8679
Fax: (314) 935-6362
E-mail: spec@wumail.wustl.edu
La Cinematheque Africaine
01 BP 2505 Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso
Phone: 226 30 75 38
Fax: 226 31 25 09
E-mail: sg@fespaco.festival.bf [End Page 167]
FESPACO
01 BP 2505 Ouagadougou 01
Burkina Faso
Phone: 226 30 75 38
Fax: 226 31 25 09
E-mail: sg@fespaco.bf
www.fespaco.bf
Africultures
26110 Les Pilles
France
www.africultures.com
Online Resources
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▶ African Americans in Motion Pictures, the Past and Present (Long Island University): http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/african/movies.htm
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▶ African Americans in the Movies, a Bibliography of Materials (UC Berkeley): http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/AfricanAmBib.html
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▶ ArtMattan Productions: http://www.africanfilm.com/
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▶ Black Film Research Online (University of Chicago): http://bfro.uchicago.edu/
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▶ Black Movie Awards: http://www.blackmovieawards.com
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▶ Cinemas et Audiovisuels Africains: http://www.clapnoir.org/
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▶ Cuba Edu Films: http://www.cubaedufilms.com/
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▶ Library of Congress—Black Film Paper Print Collection: http://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/findaid/blckfilm.html
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▶ National Film and Video Foundation—South Africa: http://www.nfvf.co.za/ [End Page 168]
Upcoming Film Festivals
San Francisco Black Film Festival
June 2011
http://sfbff.org/SFBFF/index-02.htm
The San Francisco Black Film Festival presents films from all over the world with an emphasis on independent black filmmakers. The festival strives to provide...