Film of the week
Do the Right Thing
Spike Lee, 1989
On the hottest day of the year on one Brooklyn block, tensions between neighbors, a pizzeria owner and the police build towards an explosion.
Do the Right ThingSpike Lee1989
74 films by 54 directors from 23 countries. From the silent era to this year’s festivals.
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- Saint OmerAlice Diop2022Saint Omer
- AtlanticsMati Diop2019Atlantics
- Get OutJordan Peele2017Get Out
- MoonlightBarry Jenkins2016Moonlight
- TimbuktuAbderrahmane Sissako2014Timbuktu
- 12 Years a SlaveSteve McQueen201312 Years a Slave
- Daughters of the DustJulie Dash1991Daughters of the Dust
- Killer of SheepCharles Burnett1978Killer of Sheep
- Touki BoukiDjibril Diop Mambéty1973Touki Bouki
- Black GirlOusmane Sembène1966Black Girl
The L.A. Rebellion
In the 1970s and 80s, a group of Black students at UCLA set out to make films that had nothing to do with Hollywood. Their work, rooted in everyday Black life, reshaped American independent cinema.
Classics of African Cinema
From Sembène's first features to the FESPACO prizewinners of the 1980s and 90s: the films that built a cinema of independence.
- Borom SarretOusmane Sembène1963Borom Sarret
- Black GirlOusmane Sembène1966Black Girl
- Badou BoyDjibril Diop Mambéty1970Badou Boy
- Soleil ÔMed Hondo1970Soleil Ô
- SambizangaSarah Maldoror1972Sambizanga
- Touki BoukiDjibril Diop Mambéty1973Touki Bouki
- XalaOusmane Sembène1975Xala
- YeelenSouleymane Cissé1987Yeelen
- TilaïIdrissa Ouédraogo1990Tilaï
- HyenasDjibril Diop Mambéty1992Hyenas
- MoolaadéOusmane Sembène2004Moolaadé
Directors to know
Recent films
- DahomeyMati Diop2024Dahomey
- On Becoming a Guinea FowlRungano Nyoni2024On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
- Rye LaneRaine Allen-Miller2023Rye Lane
- A Thousand and OneA.V. Rockwell2023A Thousand and One
- Saint OmerAlice Diop2022Saint Omer
- Judas and the Black MessiahShaka King2021Judas and the Black Messiah
- TimeGarrett Bradley2020Time
- AtlanticsMati Diop2019Atlantics
- ClemencyChinonye Chukwu2019Clemency
- Hair LoveMatthew A. Cherry2019Hair Love
- Les MisérablesLadj Ly2019Les Misérables
- This Is Not a Burial, It's a ResurrectionLemohang Jeremiah Mosese2019This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
- UsJordan Peele2019Us
- Black PantherRyan Coogler2018Black Panther