https://blackfilmarchive.com Black Film Archive Sun, 02 Feb 2025 05:29:45 +0000 https://blackfilmarchive.com en https://blackfilmarchive.com/Main Wed, 31 Mar 2021 21:52:29 +0000 Black Film Archive https://blackfilmarchive.com/Main BLACK FILM ARCHIVE Black Film Archive is a living register of Black films. In its current iteration, it showcases Black films made from 1898 to 1999 currently streaming.&nbsp; https://blackfilmarchive.com/Black-History-Month-2026-1 Sun, 02 Feb 2025 05:29:45 +0000 Black Film Archive https://blackfilmarchive.com/Black-History-Month-2026-1 28 FILMS FOR THE 28 DAYS OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH The 28 films selected 28 selections commemorating visions of resistance, immagination, and fundamental Black truths.&nbsp;Watch the Films︎︎︎Log on Letterboxd︎︎︎ <img width="1860" height="1020" width_o="1860" height_o="1020" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b6a37b8bb249d957c7d3664fea3eea6ab02a89485e9f0692bd8f9eff10d7c106/spook.png" data-mid="244287199" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b6a37b8bb249d957c7d3664fea3eea6ab02a89485e9f0692bd8f9eff10d7c106/spook.png" />Spook Who Sat By the Door dir. Ivan Dixon https://blackfilmarchive.com/About-Us Wed, 31 Mar 2021 21:52:30 +0000 Black Film Archive https://blackfilmarchive.com/About-Us ABOUT BLACK FILM ARCHIVE Black Film Archive celebrates the rich, abundant history of Black cinema. We are an evolving archive dedicated to making historically and culturally significant films made from 1898 to 1999 about Black people accessible through a streaming guide with cultural context. &nbsp;All Films ︎︎︎Sign up for monthly newsletter ︎︎︎ <img width="682" height="1023" width_o="682" height_o="1023" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d76cea934f3aaa4c7f2acf72d83fe5425c3175baa9e5fb940fe85ae9c54f53e0/hollywoodshuffle-pos.jpg" data-mid="151353375" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/682/i/d76cea934f3aaa4c7f2acf72d83fe5425c3175baa9e5fb940fe85ae9c54f53e0/hollywoodshuffle-pos.jpg" /> <img width="1425" height="2093" width_o="1425" height_o="2093" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fdadd1d62e9397d936502e92091b018674f5f9115fd064c62e8563a7a1272992/wm.jpeg" data-mid="119908979" border="0" data-scale="67" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fdadd1d62e9397d936502e92091b018674f5f9115fd064c62e8563a7a1272992/wm.jpeg" /> <img width="1000" 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https://blackfilmarchive.com/Films-by-genre-1 Sun, 26 Sep 2021 16:29:43 +0000 Black Film Archive https://blackfilmarchive.com/Films-by-genre-1 FILMS BY GENRE <img width="1667" height="1667" width_o="1667" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b7cf58495439b02381288abd2dc91545470b39f03d61bfe5f36d6e0c8ac0557d/Blaxploitation.jpg" data-mid="119911102" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b7cf58495439b02381288abd2dc91545470b39f03d61bfe5f36d6e0c8ac0557d/Blaxploitation.jpg" /> <img width="1699" height="1696" width_o="1699" height_o="1696" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/23993db7c1d3acee8fe3cb5dfb23d052236ce13dc0e0d8205b96e63215561573/sports.jpg" data-mid="119911127" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/23993db7c1d3acee8fe3cb5dfb23d052236ce13dc0e0d8205b96e63215561573/sports.jpg" /> <img width="2814" height="2813" width_o="2814" height_o="2813" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cc2598b392e35552e97124251c54bd8ca8d07d8742aafeb7b4f26841b6570ec2/comedy.jpg" data-mid="119911101" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cc2598b392e35552e97124251c54bd8ca8d07d8742aafeb7b4f26841b6570ec2/comedy.jpg" /> <img width="10685" height="10689" width_o="10685" height_o="10689" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7cf986b71074c7a54a00c46061c077f4174549aedde27a52acd86f6b2cca267a/western.jpg" data-mid="119911117" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7cf986b71074c7a54a00c46061c077f4174549aedde27a52acd86f6b2cca267a/western.jpg" /> <img width="10668" height="10606" width_o="10668" height_o="10606" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/09a8c6d889c2d60dfff791ef2b01fe281ab3c3cbbdc4653f3452aea4364f97ea/music.jpg" data-mid="119911118" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/09a8c6d889c2d60dfff791ef2b01fe281ab3c3cbbdc4653f3452aea4364f97ea/music.jpg" /> <img width="10668" height="10630" width_o="10668" height_o="10630" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fd88ec821a866599d0b0f656b6a47cbcc64e0c8ed2b7861fa4441efc22700886/drama.jpg" data-mid="119911104" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fd88ec821a866599d0b0f656b6a47cbcc64e0c8ed2b7861fa4441efc22700886/drama.jpg" /> <img width="827" height="828" width_o="827" height_o="828" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ce18aae26e09a10aa6755b2dd432188580e9d611ec4c87aa83b059cd6eae7aa7/documentary.jpg" data-mid="119911103" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/827/i/ce18aae26e09a10aa6755b2dd432188580e9d611ec4c87aa83b059cd6eae7aa7/documentary.jpg" /> <img width="827" height="828" width_o="827" height_o="828" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8fc85f1df251c7fdfdcd4149211c897f50f7feb352b0afcb9206a9651001e48c/horror.png" data-mid="155927676" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/827/i/8fc85f1df251c7fdfdcd4149211c897f50f7feb352b0afcb9206a9651001e48c/horror.png" /> https://blackfilmarchive.com/Films-by-Country Fri, 26 Aug 2022 14:35:15 +0000 Black Film Archive https://blackfilmarchive.com/Films-by-Country FILMS BY COUNTRY <img width="827" height="828" width_o="827" height_o="828" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4fd3137b109529ccb49c78ffdefa0c28dcde35b35684a77196725409b2c274a9/europe.png" data-mid="151364336" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/827/i/4fd3137b109529ccb49c78ffdefa0c28dcde35b35684a77196725409b2c274a9/europe.png" /> <img width="827" height="828" width_o="827" height_o="828" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8573d496b878d1eb484bc1d15539e2a71763e7a617cb2ceab52779de7d6e43f3/africa.png" data-mid="151364329" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/827/i/8573d496b878d1eb484bc1d15539e2a71763e7a617cb2ceab52779de7d6e43f3/africa.png" /> <img width="8548" height="8551" width_o="8548" height_o="8551" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1dcf563de85738f4dcc1acce3c917d26e1744243dbf619add090b4961b2645dc/asia.jpg" data-mid="151364330" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1dcf563de85738f4dcc1acce3c917d26e1744243dbf619add090b4961b2645dc/asia.jpg" /> <img width="827" height="828" width_o="827" height_o="828" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3aa061c29498a91f13c31d269f57da34c29e37ece393ad97c82630f7853d4221/north-america.png" data-mid="151364345" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/827/i/3aa061c29498a91f13c31d269f57da34c29e37ece393ad97c82630f7853d4221/north-america.png" /> <img width="827" height="828" width_o="827" height_o="828" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f63a034cf8e2e8ccf7acc355ab56682feba9d061ad5fcbcc7822473673878125/south-america.png" data-mid="151364347" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/827/i/f63a034cf8e2e8ccf7acc355ab56682feba9d061ad5fcbcc7822473673878125/south-america.png" /> https://blackfilmarchive.com/Definition Thu, 27 May 2021 14:37:42 +0000 Black Film Archive https://blackfilmarchive.com/Definition <img width="297" height="444" width_o="297" height_o="444" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b9ea9a6fcaa1c2afbbb3df4c5e74b2220cbe0ebf7a450f9875309ea6e3035c0e/black-girl-movie-poster-md.jpeg" data-mid="122364055" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/297/i/b9ea9a6fcaa1c2afbbb3df4c5e74b2220cbe0ebf7a450f9875309ea6e3035c0e/black-girl-movie-poster-md.jpeg" /> HOW DOES BLACK FILM ARCHIVE DEFINE A BLACK FILM?The films collected on Black Film Archive have something significant to say about the Black experience; speak to Black audiences; and/or have a Black star, writer, producer, or director. This criterion for selection is as broad and inclusive as possible, allowing the site to cover the widest range of what a Black film can be. The films listed here should be considered in conversation with each other, as visions of Black being on film across time. They express what only film can: social, anthropological, and aesthetic looks at the changing face of Black expression (or white attitudes about Black expression, which are inescapable given the whiteness of decision-makers in the film industry). Learn More ︎︎︎ https://blackfilmarchive.com/Films-by-decade-1 Sun, 04 Jul 2021 20:42:40 +0000 Black Film Archive https://blackfilmarchive.com/Films-by-decade-1 Films by Decade <img width="1667" height="1668" width_o="1667" height_o="1668" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/19a3ba7dbc227fc73d7efe03c94a7e77302416a80cb258ed08f4961f3014cfb8/Years-10.png" data-mid="116961516" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/19a3ba7dbc227fc73d7efe03c94a7e77302416a80cb258ed08f4961f3014cfb8/Years-10.png" /> <img width="1667" height="1668" width_o="1667" height_o="1668" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7e117210543531c4618a262b93aa6896707e6d6f0b2b754698d96496f66ebd35/Years-11-1.png" data-mid="116961517" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7e117210543531c4618a262b93aa6896707e6d6f0b2b754698d96496f66ebd35/Years-11-1.png" /> <img width="1667" height="1668" width_o="1667" height_o="1668" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/604dfa4bf13cc0b9b3f1640067a1edf022bb5ccce3f1e724906f2b8b6ae29812/Years-12.png" data-mid="116961518" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/604dfa4bf13cc0b9b3f1640067a1edf022bb5ccce3f1e724906f2b8b6ae29812/Years-12.png" /> <img width="1667" height="1668" width_o="1667" height_o="1668" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/56020a51a31864ba9defd52e9cf3549a1cfb3a54404b3a12d84c1724e25fa5d7/Years-13.png" data-mid="116961519" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/56020a51a31864ba9defd52e9cf3549a1cfb3a54404b3a12d84c1724e25fa5d7/Years-13.png" /> <img width="1667" height="1668" width_o="1667" height_o="1668" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/670205648a8f6ae5438ac4b836a32070972f270324fd1f32afbf7ee94957f59c/Years-14.png" data-mid="116961520" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/670205648a8f6ae5438ac4b836a32070972f270324fd1f32afbf7ee94957f59c/Years-14.png" /> <img width="1667" height="1668" width_o="1667" height_o="1668" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b6ff2e68967daa044910ddcbe3566bf72086444c0f0e67a4e28f35b3ac2d773c/Years-15.png" data-mid="116961521" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b6ff2e68967daa044910ddcbe3566bf72086444c0f0e67a4e28f35b3ac2d773c/Years-15.png" /> <img width="1667" height="1668" width_o="1667" height_o="1668" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c051222635ea8d0ac60e1219c12dc037c23fe30027bd7cca25b7f16ec999b41/Years-16.png" data-mid="116961522" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4c051222635ea8d0ac60e1219c12dc037c23fe30027bd7cca25b7f16ec999b41/Years-16.png" /> https://blackfilmarchive.com/1910-s Wed, 31 Mar 2021 21:52:31 +0000 Black Film Archive https://blackfilmarchive.com/1910-s 1910s https://blackfilmarchive.com/1920-s Wed, 31 Mar 2021 21:52:31 +0000 Black Film Archive https://blackfilmarchive.com/1920-s 1920s