African-American cinema

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cinema movement cultural movement

African-American cinema encompasses films created by, starring, or centering African Americans, often addressing Black experiences, culture, history, and social issues in the United States.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
African-American cinema canonical	3
African American cinema	1
African-American cinema history	1
African-American studies in film	1

Statements (84)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cinema movement ⓘ cultural movement ⓘ
aimsTo	challenge racial stereotypes ⓘ increase Black representation on screen ⓘ tell stories from African-American perspectives ⓘ
contributesTo	African-American cultural expression ⓘ debates on race and representation in film ⓘ
developedFrom	race films ⓘ
emergedIn	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
focusesOn	African-American culture ⓘ African-American experiences ⓘ African-American history ⓘ racial and social issues in the United States ⓘ
hasAudience	African-American communities NERFINISHED ⓘ global audiences ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod	Blaxploitation era NERFINISHED ⓘ New Black Cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ contemporary Black cinema ⓘ race film era ⓘ
hasKeyTheme	Black identity ⓘ civil rights ⓘ family and community ⓘ police brutality ⓘ racism ⓘ representation in media ⓘ segregation ⓘ systemic inequality ⓘ urban life ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasNotableActor	Chadwick Boseman NERFINISHED ⓘ Denzel Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Halle Berry NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael B. Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ Morgan Freeman NERFINISHED ⓘ Octavia Spencer NERFINISHED ⓘ Regina King NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidney Poitier NERFINISHED ⓘ Viola Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Whoopi Goldberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableDirector	Ava DuVernay NERFINISHED ⓘ Barry Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Gordon Parks NERFINISHED ⓘ John Singleton NERFINISHED ⓘ Jordan Peele NERFINISHED ⓘ Julie Dash NERFINISHED ⓘ Kasi Lemmons NERFINISHED ⓘ Oscar Micheaux NERFINISHED ⓘ Ryan Coogler NERFINISHED ⓘ Spike Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableFilm	12 Years a Slave NERFINISHED ⓘ Black Panther NERFINISHED ⓘ Boyz n the Hood NERFINISHED ⓘ Daughters of the Dust NERFINISHED ⓘ Do the Right Thing NERFINISHED ⓘ Fences NERFINISHED ⓘ Fruitvale Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Get Out NERFINISHED ⓘ Glory NERFINISHED ⓘ Hidden Figures NERFINISHED ⓘ Malcolm X NERFINISHED ⓘ Moonlight NERFINISHED ⓘ Selma NERFINISHED ⓘ Shaft NERFINISHED ⓘ Straight Outta Compton NERFINISHED ⓘ The Color Purple NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesGenre	comedy ⓘ crime film ⓘ documentary ⓘ drama ⓘ horror ⓘ musical ⓘ romance ⓘ social realism ⓘ
isPartOf	American cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ
isRelatedTo	African cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ African diaspora cinema ⓘ Black British cinema ⓘ
isStudiedIn	African-American studies NERFINISHED ⓘ cultural studies ⓘ film studies ⓘ
wasInfluencedBy	Black Power movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Civil Rights Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Harlem Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ hip hop culture ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks → associatedWith → African-American cinema ⓘ

Robert Townsend → knownFor → African-American cinema ⓘ

Kevin Willmott → fieldOfWork → African-American cinema ⓘ

this entity surface form: African-American studies in film

Lucky → partOf → African-American cinema ⓘ

To Sleep with Anger → partOf → African-American cinema ⓘ

this entity surface form: African American cinema

Margaret Avery → partOf → African-American cinema ⓘ

this entity surface form: African-American cinema history