Movies about Black culture often focus on well-known historical events like the enslavement of Africans and the civil rights movement. However, there are films that depict Black joy and everyday…
Unlike television and film, Black superheroes started appearing as major comic characters in the 1960s. In 1966, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby introduced Black Panther in an issue of Fantastic Four and DC soon followed with Jon Stewart.
Despite the clear public attention to diversity, the majority of Hollywood films continue to be cast as predominantly White. But behind the camera, the hurdles for African Americans appear to be even higher, with the list of African American cinematographers being very limited.
