Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame

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The Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, Inc. (BFHFI), was founded in 1973, Oakland, California, United States. It supports and promotes black filmmaking, and preserves the contributions by African American artists both before and behind the camera. It also sponsors advance screenings of films by and about people of African descent and hosts the Oscar Micheaux Award, held each February in Oakland.

This is a partial list of inductees:

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[edit] Inductees

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[edit] 1974

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Hattie McDaniel (1895-1952)

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[edit] Sources

  • Moon, Spencer. Reel Black Talk: A Sourcebook of 50 American Filmmakers, Greenwood Press, (1997) - ISBN 0313298300
  • Peterson, Bernard L. Profiles of African American Stage Performers and Theatre People, 1816-1960, Greenwood Press, (2000) - ISBN 0313295344