The Black Film Center/Archive Selected List of Film-Related Internet Resources

Actors, Directors, Producers

Wilson Bell (actor/filmmaker)
Halle Berry (actor, producer)
Camille Billops (actor/director)
Bill Duke (actor/director) -- Yagya Productions
Robert Hardy (director) -- Rainforest Productions, Inc.
Herb Jeffries (actor, singer) -- Singing cowboy who starred in "The Bronze Buckaroo."
Spike Lee (actor/filmmaker) -- Official Bamboozled (2000) site
Oscar Micheaux (1885-1951, director) -- Pioneer African American Filmmaker. Includes excellent links to other Micheaux web sites.
Tim Reid (actor/director) --New Millennium Studios [go to "About Us", founders' page].
Ivan Rogers (actor/director)
Blair Underwood (actor)
Oprah Winfrey (actor/producer)
Billy Wright (director) -- [interview]

Organizations and Institutes

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
African American Advocacy Media Resources -- A division of the MediaRights.org.
Black Film and Video Network. -- The only association for Black filmmakers in Canada.
BET -- Black Entertainment Television
BlackFilmMakers.net -- Representing Nommo Speakers Bureau and Jezebel Filmsworks.
Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame -- For 25 years, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, Inc. has been a driving force in acknowledging the richness within the lives of African Americans. From Oscar Micheaux to Sidney Poitier to Spike Lee. Includes Box Office Statistics.
BlackFilm.Com -- Provides a forum for filmmakers, scholars and organizations to present information and promote artistic expression.
Blackfix.com -- Includes articles, movie reviews, scriptwriter's network, etc.
Blaxploitation.com -- Includes bios, posters & movies.
Hollywood Art Brothers -- Offers filmmaking workshops that are available both online and in-person.
Midnight Ramble--Includes Early Black Cinema Classics.
NetNoir -- The Black Network. Includes Film and Television Revues.
UC Berkeley Media Resource Center -- African-American/African Diaspora Studies. Audiocassettes and Videotapes in the Media Resources Center.
USABlackEnt.com

Archives and Libraries

Distributors

African American Classic and Black History Month Videos
AmazeFilms -- Producer and distributor of short films, feature films and the highly-acclaimed "Short Series", featuring Academy Award-winners and selections from Sundance, Cannes & Slamdance Film Festivals.
Artmattan Productions -- Distributes films that focus on the human experience of black people in Africa, the Caribbean, North and South America and Europe
Black Movie Watch.com -- Offers a variety of black film DVDs.
Blaxploitation.com -- Includes bios, posters & movies.
Black 2 Da Future -- A black urban entertainment website specializing in DVDs.
California Newsreel -- Includes a catalog of California Newsreel's award-winning African American Perspectives.
Canadian Filmmaker's Distribution Center Catalogue -- Specializes in rare, foreign-language, non-American, independent and special-interest titles.
Cinema Guild
Cult Film Site: Black Artists
Facets Video
Filmakers Library -- Features a diversity of films on various topics for the classroom.
First Run/Icarus Films -- Features films and videos about the African-American experience. Subject listings include Ethnic and Race Relations, Social Issues, Urban Issues, Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean.
Frameline -- The nation's only comprehensive non-profit organization dedicated to the exhibition, distribution, promotion and funding of lesbian and gay film and video.
Hollywood's Attic / Discount Video Tapes. Inc. -- Selected Black Artists of the Silver Screen videos for sale.
Midnight Ramble Video
MovieFlix -- Selected Live Action Black Films
Movies Unlimited
Red Carnelian Cinema -- Distributes works by independent filmmaker Ayoka Chenzira, as well as national and international films in the African diaspora.
SWANK Motion Picture -- Non-theatrical distribution company of 16 and 35mm releases. Excellent for College and University screenings.
THA Media Video Distributor -- Specializes in educational video. Its Cultural Studies category has films by and about blacks.
Third World Newsreel -- Committed to the creation and appreciation of independent and social issue media by and about people of color, and the peoples of developing countries around the world.
Women Make Movies -- A national non-profit feminist media arts organization whose multicultural programs provide resources for both users and producers of media by women.

Film Festivals

African Diaspora Film Festival -- New York City, NY
Ann Arbor Independent 16mm Film Festival
Athens (OH) International Film and Video Festival
Canada's Images Festival of Independent Film and Video
Cannes Film Festival
Hollywood Black Film Festival -- Contains information on how filmmakers may submit their work, as well as the latest submissions.
Jamerican Film & Music Festival
L.A. International Short Film Festival
Pan African Film Festival -- Los Angeles, California
Silver Lake Film Festival -- Founded in 1999, SLFF, Inc. was established to provide a forum in Los Angeles for independently created motion pictures.
SXSW2000 -- Film Festival, Austin, TX
UrbanWorld Film Festival.

Film Studies

Indiana University Film Studies
Kanbar Institute of Film & Television -- New York University
San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking -- This California film school combines film classes with actual hands on, real-world feature film productions.
Toronto Film College -- The Toronto Film College was created to meet the demand of students who wish to learn about and work in the film and television industries.
USC School of Cinema-Television

Film Reviews

BlackVoices -- AOL Black Voices
Future Movies -- British movie review and filmmaking website
ifilm -- Internet Movie Database
IMDb -- Internet Movie Database
NetNoir -- The Black Network. Includes Film and Television Revues.

Publications

Black Talent News -- Subscribe or find out the latest information happening in Black Hollywood. Includes Annual Black Box Office Stats, and links to many African American actors and directors
Entertainment Weekly -- Includes what's at the movies, as well as film reviews.
Filmmaker Magazine -- A publication of ifp.org (Independent Feature Project)
Images
LA Weekly -- Search Black Film.
Premiere
Southern Screen Report -- A news source for the indie filmmaking community in the Southeast, distributed as a free publication every other month.
UCLA's African American Electronic Journals

Other Film-Related Internet Resources

24P Cinema -- 24P production company for Motion Pictures, Network Television, Commercials, DVD, and the Entertainment industry
The Actor's Cafe -- Specializes in quality film production.
African American Short Films (AASF) -- Television program that is syndicated in over 100 cities as a one-hour quarterly special.
Africultures -- In French.
All Africa -- London's BBC reporting of all things Africa.
All Music Library -- All Music Library has royalty-free, buyout, and production music tracks available.
Archives of Early Lindy Hop -- Includes a motion picture division.
The Austin Film Resource -- Resource for Austin film, video, screenwriting, and media.
Black Excel. -- The College Help Network.
CineMedia. -- The Internet's largest film and video directory with over 25,000 links.
BlackFilmHistory.com -- BlackFilmHistory.com is dedicated to acknowledging the achievements of people of African descent to the entertainment industry. The aim of this website is to offer a resource for filmmakers, fans, educators and anyone else interested in getting accurate and up to date information about African American contributions to the film and television industries.
Directors Guild of America.
DocuSeek -- A unique search site for independent documentary, social issue, and educational videos available in the U.S. and Canada.
Film.Com -- Provides an unprecedented collection of material on film for a world-wide audience.
Filmstaff.com -- Film and television 's entertainment job network.
Filmmaker.com -- A resource and advice site for up and coming filmmakers.
FlixFind.com -- FlixFind is a well-organized, human edited directory of movie web sites. The directory categories include: black film, independent film, studios, news, reviews, blogs, genres, publications and much more.
German FilmWerk -- Includes an eclectic range of archival music footage.
High Def 411 -- The HighDef 411 Web site lists people and companies who are experts in the HD field.
The Hollywood Dip -- A Hollywood and entertainment resource directory.
The Infography about Film: African-American -- Sources recommended by a professor whose research specialty is the history of African-American films and filmmaking.
Kemps Film and Television -- Lists over 35,000 production services companies, crew and technicians from 65 countries worldwide in a searchable database.
LA 411 -- Provides the entertainment industry with qualified production resources for film, TV, commercials, video and music video production.
Mandy's International Film and Television Production Directory
Media Alliance
MediaRights.org -- Makes social issue documentaries and advocacy videos easy to find via a community site for media makers, activists, educators and librarians.
Mindjakk Digital Studios -- Independent Motion Picture Production of Fantasy, Sci-Fi and Comic Book Related properties, primarily focusing on independent movies, shorts and television shows.
Movies.com -- Movie times, tickets, trailers and more…
Music Tracks Library -- Royalty Free Music Library where you can listen, buy, and download royalty-free music tracks for video, films and multimedia projects.
National Film Board of Canada.
New York 411 -- Provides the entertainment industry with qualified production resources for film, TV, commercials, video and music video production.
PBS -- Monthly program listings, news, and links to other PBS program homepages.
ProductionHub.com -- The largest global search engine devoted to professionals, products, and services in film, video and digital media.
Resource 411 -- The entertainment industry's one-stop shop for the most valuable information available from 411 Publishing.
Screen Actors Guild.
Sisters in Cinema -- A resource guide for and about African American women feature filmmakers.
ScriptCity.
Spanish Cinema Link.
Video and DVD release dates.
Windy City TV -- A 24-hour Internet Television and Radio Broadcasting Station.
Writers Guild of America.
Yahoo -- Numerous links to film and television related material.

Posters/Photographs

Black Movie Posters -- Selected Posters
Blaxploitation.com -- Includes bios, posters & movies
Foto Search Stock Photos -- Provides stock photos and stock footage
Midnight Ramble Video
Movie Star News -- Features an assortment of movie photographs.
Separate Cinema -- Online catalog of movie and music black-cast posters.

Film Studios