Women Behind the Camera
Films directed by Black women, from Safi Faye and Sarah Maldoror to the directors winning Sundance and Cannes today.
- Integration Report 11960United States21 min
- Monangambeee1968Angola, Algeria18 min
- I Am Somebody1970United States30 min
- Sambizanga1972Angola, Republic of the Congo1 h 42 min
- Kaddu Beykat1976Senegal1 h 38 min
- One Way or Another1977Cuba1 h 13 min
- Fad'jal1979Senegal1 h 52 min
- The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy1980United States49 min
- Will1981United States1 h 13 min
- Losing Ground1982United States1 h 26 min
- Illusions1982United States34 min
- Sugar Cane Alley1983Martinique, France1 h 43 min
- The Passion of Remembrance1986United Kingdom1 h 23 min
- Dreaming Rivers1989United Kingdom33 min
- Twice as Nice19891 h 10 min
- A Dry White Season1989United States1 h 47 min
- Daughters of the Dust1991United States1 h 52 min
- The Body Beautiful1991United Kingdom25 min
- Siméon1992France, Guadeloupe, Martinique1 h 55 min
- Oggun: An Eternal Presence1992Cuba52 min
- Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.1993United States1 h 32 min
- I Like It Like That1994United States1 h 44 min
- Alma's Rainbow1994United States1 h 29 min
- Welcome II the Terrordome1995United Kingdom1 h 34 min
- Everyone's Child1996Zimbabwe1 h 30 min
- Mossane1996Germany, Senegal1 h 45 min
- The Watermelon Woman1996United States1 h 25 min
- Eve's Bayou1997United States1 h 48 min
- Eyes of the Rainbow1997Cuba47 min
- Naked Acts1998United States1 h 28 min
- Ruby Bridges1998United States1 h 36 min
- Drylongso1999United States1 h 21 min
- Funny Valentines1999United States1 h 48 min
- Love & Basketball2000United States2 h 5 min
- The Caveman's Valentine2001United States1 h 45 min
- The Killing Yard20011 h 50 min
- Stranger Inside2001United States1 h 37 min
- The Rosa Parks Story2002United States1 h 37 min
- A Way of Life2004United Kingdom1 h 31 min
- The Night of Truth2004Burkina Faso, France1 h 35 min
- My Baby's Daddy2004United States1 h 26 min
- Al'lèèssi... Une actrice africaine2005France, Niger1 h 9 min
- D.E.B.S.2005United States1 h 31 min
- Talk to Me2007United States1 h 58 min
- A Winter Tale2007Canada1 h 40 min
- Cadillac Records2008United States1 h 49 min
- The Secret Life of Bees2008United States1 h 54 min
- From a Whisper2008Kenya1 h 19 min
- Pumzi2009South Africa, Kenya21 min
- I Sing of a Well2009Ghana1 h 52 min
- The Perfect Picture2009Ghana2 h 5 min
- I Will Follow2010United States1 h 16 min
- Soul Boy2010Kenya, Germany1 h 1 min
- The Owls2010United States1 h 6 min
- Ties That Bind2011Ghana, United States1 h 51 min
- Pariah2011United States1 h 26 min
- Middle of Nowhere2012United States1 h 41 min
- B for Boy2013Nigeria1 h 58 min
- Belle2013United Kingdom1 h 45 min
- Something Necessary2013Germany, Kenya1 h 25 min
- Aya of Yop City2013Côte d'Ivoire, France1 h 24 min
- Moi Zaphira2013Burkina Faso1 h 42 min
- Black Nativity2013United States1 h 33 min
- alaskaLand2013United States1 h 16 min
- Stones in the Sun2014United States, Haiti1 h 35 min
- Gone Too Far!2014United Kingdom1 h 27 min
- Afronauts2014United States14 min
- Second Coming2014United Kingdom1 h 45 min
- W.A.K.A.2014Cameroon1 h 37 min
- Beyond the Lights2014United States1 h 56 min
- Selma2014United States, United Kingdom2 h 8 min
- Des étoiles2014Senegal, Belgium, France1 h 25 min
- Bessie2015United States1 h 47 min
- Price of Love2015Ethiopia1 h 39 min
- Kbela2015Brazil23 min
- The Wedding Party2016Nigeria1 h 50 min
- Rainha2016Brazil31 min
- A United Kingdom2016Czechia, France, United Kingdom, United States1 h 51 min
- 13th2016United States1 h 41 min
- Like Cotton Twines2016Ghana, United States1 h 36 min
- Ayiti Mon Amour2016United States1 h 28 min
- Towards Tenderness2016France39 min
- Zin'naariyâ!2016Burkina Faso, France, Niger1 h 36 min
- Jean of the Joneses2016Canada, United States1 h 28 min
- Isoken2017Nigeria1 h 40 min
- Frontières2017France, Burkina Faso1 h 31 min
- Mudbound2017United States2 h 15 min
- Lemon2017United States1 h 23 min
- Strong Island2017Denmark, United States1 h 47 min
- Rebirth Is Necessary2017United Kingdom10 min
- Whose Streets?2017United States1 h 30 min
- Everything, Everything2017United States1 h 36 min
- O Caso do Homem Errado2017Brazil1 h 17 min
- I Am Not a Witch2017United Kingdom, Zambia, France1 h 33 min
- Professor Marston and the Wonder Women2017United States1 h 48 min
- Novitiate2017United States2 h 3 min
- Potato Potahto2017Ghana1 h 44 min
- A Wrinkle in Time2018United States1 h 49 min
- King of Boys2018Nigeria2 h 49 min
- Kasala!2018Nigeria1 h 24 min
- Rafiki2018Kenya, South Africa, Germany1 h 22 min
- Number 372018South Africa1 h 51 min
- Up North2018Nigeria1 h 39 min
- Ilha2018Brazil1 h 35 min
- We Don't Live Here Anymore2018Nigeria1 h 50 min
- Maki'la2018France, DR Congo1 h 18 min
- Lionheart2018Nigeria1 h 35 min
- Café com Canela2018Brazil1 h 42 min
- Where Hands Touch2018United Kingdom2 h 2 min
- The Two Faces of a Bamileke Woman2018Belgium, Cameroon1 h 17 min
- HERO2019Canada, Trinidad and Tobago1 h 51 min
- Chez Jolie Coiffure2019Belgium1 h 13 min
- The Bling Lagosians2019Nigeria1 h 38 min
- Harriet2019United States2 h 5 min
- Little Woods2019United States1 h 43 min
- Clemency2019United States1 h 52 min
- Banlieusards2019France1 h 35 min
- The Weekend2019United States1 h 26 min
- Desrances2019Burkina Faso1 h 45 min
- Atlantics2019Senegal, France, Belgium1 h 46 min
- Queen & Slim2019United States, Canada2 h 12 min
- Miss Juneteenth2020United States1 h 43 min
- The Photograph2020United States1 h 46 min
- Um Dia com Jerusa2020Brazil1 h 14 min
- Cuties2020France1 h 36 min
- One Night in Miami...2020United States1 h 54 min
- The Last Thing He Wanted2020United Kingdom, United States1 h 56 min
- Até o Fim2020Brazil1 h 34 min
- Omo Ghetto: The Saga2020Nigeria1 h 50 min
- The Old Guard2020United States2 h 5 min
- Farewell Amor2020United States, United Kingdom1 h 41 min
- The Forty-Year-Old Version2020United States2 h 3 min
- Time2020United States1 h 21 min
- Attica2021United States1 h 57 min
- Zola2021United States1 h 26 min
- Trees of Peace2021United States1 h 37 min
- She Paradise2021United States, Trinidad and Tobago1 h 11 min
- Collision Course2021Nigeria, United Kingdom1 h 20 min
- Test Pattern2021United States1 h 23 min
- Candyman2021Canada, United States1 h 31 min
- Les Prières de Delphine2021Belgium, Cameroon1 h 30 min
- Faya Dayi2021Ethiopia, United States2 h
- Freda2021Benin, France, Haiti, Qatar1 h 29 min
- Master2022United States1 h 38 min
- Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody2022United States2 h 24 min
- Shabu2022Netherlands1 h 15 min
- Look Both Ways2022United States1 h 50 min
- Hawa2022France, Senegal1 h 44 min
- Nanny2022United States1 h 38 min
- Till2022United Kingdom, United States2 h 11 min
- Battle on Buka Street2022Nigeria2 h 20 min
- Neptune Frost2022Rwanda, United States1 h 50 min
- Saint Omer2022France2 h 3 min
- The Woman King2022Canada, United States2 h 15 min
- Pretty Red Dress2023United Kingdom1 h 50 min
- Earth Mama2023United States, United Kingdom1 h 41 min
- Banel & Adama2023France, Mali, Senegal1 h 27 min
- All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt2023United States1 h 37 min
- Girl2023United Kingdom1 h 27 min
- Origin2023United States2 h 21 min
- A Tribe Called Judah2023Nigeria2 h 14 min
- Rye Lane2023United Kingdom1 h 22 min
- Sira2023Burkina Faso, France, Germany, Senegal2 h 2 min
- A Thousand and One2023United States1 h 56 min
- Our Father, the Devil2023France, United States1 h 48 min
- The Marvels2023United States1 h 45 min
- On Becoming a Guinea Fowl2024Zambia, United Kingdom, Ireland1 h 39 min
- Tendaberry2024United States1 h 57 min
- Everybody Loves Jenifa2024Nigeria2 h 15 min
- Mambar Pierrette2024Belgium, Cameroon, France1 h 33 min
- Dahomey2024France, Senegal1 h 8 min
- Power2024United States1 h 28 min
- Hedda2025United States1 h 47 min
- Dreamers2025United Kingdom1 h 19 min
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple2026United Kingdom, United States1 h 49 min
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