fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors:Celebrate black history month by watching the works of these 10 history-m
fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors:Celebrate black history month by watching the works of these 10 history-making directors1 to 5:Amma Asante Best Known For: Winning a BAFTA award for Best Debut Feature for A Way of Life, directing indie hit Belle 10 years later. Notable Works: Belle (2014) Forthcoming: Unforgettable, Where Hands TouchAva DuVernay Best Known For: Being the first black woman to win Best Director at Sundance, the first black woman to be nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Director and being the first black woman to direct a movie nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars. Notable Works: Middle of Nowhere (2012), Selma (2014) Forthcoming: Untitled Hurricane Katrina MovieJulie Dash Best Known For: Being the first black American woman to have a feature length film be theatrically distributed in the U.S. Notable Works: Daughters of the Dust (1991)Forthcoming: Tupelo 77Safi Faye Best Known For: This Senagalese woman became the first Sub-Saharan woman to have a film be commercially distributed in 1976. Notable Works: Letter From My Village (1976), Mossane (1996)Forthcoming: N/A.Kasi Lemmons Best Known For: With all four of her feature films released theatrically in the U.S. she currently holds the record as the black woman director with the most commercially distributed films. Notable Works: Eve’s Bayou (1997) Forthcoming: Agaat, On BeautyCLICK HERE FOR DIRECTORS 6-10 -- source link