Founded in 1981, the Black Film Center & Archive (BFCA) is a repository of films and related materials made by, about, and featuring African Americans, the people of Africa, and the African diaspora. Holdings date from 1895 to the present and include films, personal papers, posters, photographs, press kits, pressbooks, and interviews with filmmakers and actors.

Subcollections (8)

List of items in this collection
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Richard E. Norman and Race Filmmaking Collection, 1912-1997, COL 16

Consists of distribution records, correspondence, film publicity, posters, photographs, censorship materials, and fiscal statements of film producer and dist...

 

Josef Gugler African and Middle Eastern Film Collection

The Gugler collection contains a variety of formats such as posters, handbills, flyers, lobby and windo...

 
 

Black Film Center & Archive General Collection

This collection contains promotional materials documenting films made by or containing representations of black filmmakers, actors, scholars, and artists. Fo...

 

Phil Moore Collection, Series 17.7. Music manuscripts, approximately 1940s-1987

Music manuscripts composed and arranged by Phil Moore including scores and parts for full orchestra, small ensembles, vocalist ...

 

Mary Perry Smith Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Archives Collection, Series 1. Publicity Materials, 1974-1996

This series contains publicity materials used to promote the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame’s events including souvenir programs, flyers, event announcements,...

 

Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Photograph Collection

This collection includes photographs documenting the activities of the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame as ...

 

Mary Perry Smith Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Archives Collection, Series 13. Third party publications, approximately 1940s-2008, (bulk) 1959-2006, COL 5

This series contains books, event programs, newsletters, and journals by third party publishers from the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame library.