Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame

The Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, Inc. (BFHFI), was founded in 1974, in Oakland, California. It supported and promoted black filmmaking, and preserved the contributions by African-American artists both before and behind the camera. It also sponsored advance screenings of films by and about people of African descent and hosted the Oscar Micheaux Awards Ceremony, held each February, from 1974 to 1993, in Oakland.

The Hall started as the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1974, as an all-volunteer project of Oakland Museum of California's Cultural and Ethnics Affairs Guild. It grew quickly, incorporating as BFHFI in 1977.

In 2014, all its archives were given to the Black Film Center/Archive, within the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington.[1]

This is a partial list of inductees:[2]

Inductees

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1974

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1975

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1976

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1977

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1978

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1979

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1980

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1982

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1984

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1986

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1987

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1990

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1991

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1993

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1995

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See also

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Additional resources

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References

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  1. ^ "Mary Perry Smith, Co-Founder of the BFHFI, Passes". August 14, 2015. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Archives |Inductees 1974–1993". Archived from the original on July 11, 2019. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  • Moon, Spencer. Reel Black Talk: A Sourcebook of 50 American Filmmakers, Greenwood Press, (1997) - ISBN 0-313-29830-0
  • Peterson, Bernard L. Profiles of African American Stage Performers and Theatre People, 1816–1960, Greenwood Press, (2000) - ISBN 0-313-29534-4