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Cinema Studies Links:
Women and Minority Filmmakers
- African Americans
- BlackFilmMakers.net is dedicated to bringing together Black filmmakers and fans of Black cinema worldwide. It is not so much an information source as it is a means of contacting certain independent Black filmmakers and renting their films.
- Black Film Research Online provides links for researching Black film culture - from the works of early pioneers to contemporary filmmaking from across the African Diaspora; issues of Black film distribution, exhibition and spectatorship; and Black representation in cinema from the late 19th century to the present. The site also details the resources for Black film studies at the University of Chicago, which sponsors the site.
- The Oscar Micheaux Society Home Page, maintained by the Duke University Program in Film & Video, is devoted to African American film history and preservation. Its features include downloadable issues of the Oscar Micheaux Society Newsletter.
- American Indians
- The American Indian Film Institute (AIFI) is a non-profit media arts center founded in 1979 to
foster understanding of the culture, traditions and issues of contemporary Native Americans. The goals of AIFI are inherently educational: to encourage American Indian filmmakers to bring to
the broader media culture the Native voices, viewpoints and stories that have been historically excluded from mainstream media; to develop Indian and non-Indian audiences for this work; and to advocate tirelessly for authentic representations of Indians in the media.
- Native American Actors provides information on Native American, First Nations and Indigenous actors and actresses, including filmographies.
- Asian Americans
- Visual Communications, the oldest Asian Pacific media arts center in the United States, represents over two dozen distinct
cultures and languages. Among its other activities, it has served this complex, diverse constituency with over 50 film and
video productions and has built an archive housing 300,000 images of Asian Pacific American life. Its web site provides information on Asian American, films, filmmkaers, and independent media and film festivals as well as notices of internships.
- Jews
- Jewishfilm.com, the Jewish Film Archive online, highlights notable films and videos of Jewish interest. The site is specifically intended as an aid to anyone planning and programming a Jewish film festival and also provides links to such festivals around the world.
- The Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is a major repository for moving images pertaining to the Holocaust and related topics in European history, with a searchable online catalogue.
- Women
- The Women Film Pioneers Project, based at Duke University, aims to recover and publicize the legacy of pioneering women in the film industry. Over 100 women directed films during the silent era, while countless others contributed as writers, actors, producers, and technicians.
- Women in Cinema is a
Reference Guide containing bibliographies, filmographies, essays, biographical sketches, and reviews related to women in cinema as subjects, creators, and consumers, as well as links to other relevant sites.
- Women in the Director's Chair
(WIDC) is a non-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting visibility for women in media arts
and also serves as a network where independent women media artists share ideas, skills, and opportunities.
The site includes information on the organization, its annual festival, the WIDC video archive, and other resources for and about women media artists.
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