Directors like Spike Lee are encouraged to make films for a black audience. Many other actors, directors, and writers begin expanding the ground opened by blaxploitation. Here's a list of various contemporary black directors.
Here's a few clips. Spike Lee interview about Black Films.
She's Gotta Have It (1985) interview with Spike Lee
School Daze (1988)
Malcolm X (1992)
Other critically acclaimed films:
The Wiz
The Color Purple
Beloved
Precious
Romantic films
100 Gangster, Pimp, Hood, Crime films (clip)
The 100 Best Black Movies (trailer)
This blog is designed for Rochester City School students at the School of the Arts in support of their classes: Playwriting & Film Studies.
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