Black women filmmakers

Black women filmmakers have made contributions throughout the history of film. According to Nsenga Burton, writer for The Root, "the film industry remains overwhelmingly white and male.[1] In 2020, 74.6 percent of movie directors of theatrical films were white, showing a small decrease from the previous year.[2] In terms of representation, 25.4 percent of film directors were of ethnic minority in 2020.[2] Of the 25.4 percent of minority filmmakers, a small percentage was female.[2]

Around 30 percent of film makers are women, and approximately 7 percent of all film makers in the film industry are African-American.[3][4] Many of the dramas by black women film makers have portrayed subjects such as racism and misogyny. Television programs, and films such as I May Destroy You, Daughters of the Dust, and Middle of Nowhere are a few examples of audio/visual media that have portrayed issues centering Black women in the US and elsewhere.[3]

Since the early 1900s black women have used film to portray the real-life problems faced by women in the African-American community.[3][5]

  1. ^ Burton, Nsenga (6 August 2010). "Black Women and the Hollywood Shuffle". The Root. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  2. ^ a b c "U.S.: ethnicity of movie directors 2020". Statista. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  3. ^ a b c Beck, Bernard (2020-10-01). "Our Kind of Town: The Chi, Lovecraft Country, and Black Lives That Matter on the Home Screen". Multicultural Perspectives. 22 (4): 190–193. doi:10.1080/15210960.2020.1845633. ISSN 1521-0960. S2CID 228085433.
  4. ^ "Film Maker Demographics and Statistics in the US". Zippia- The Career Expert. September 9, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  5. ^ "Top 100 films directed by women: What is mysoginoir?". BBC. Retrieved October 20, 2022.