Resources

Teaching Black Cinema

This clear and illuminating guide introduces discussions of issues that are bound to engage your students' interest, providing a stimulating new way into exploring the key concepts of Media Studies. Focus films include Lethal Weapon, Bullet Boy and Malcolm X.

Black World teaching resource

bfi Education has produced online educational support materials based on the films Pressure and Burning An Illusion, which were released by the bfi on DVD. The resources are available for free on the bfi website for use in schools and informal education environments; Joel Karamath is the author of the notes.

Film & TV Database

Find details on black film, television, film-makers and actors in our database which contains information on over 810,000 film and television titles, 1.2m people, 210,000 organisations and 23,000 events such as festivals and awards from all over the world dating back to the beginning of film production.

bfi National Library

The bfi National Library hosted a number of displays on the black music, African American cinema including Baadasssss!, performers such as Paul Robeson and film-makers like the esteemed Ousmane Sembene.

16+ Source Guide

• Black British Film and Television (2000)

Library Displays

• Black World display (2005)
• Black History Month display (2004)

Reading Lists

• African American cinema reading list (PDF, 67k)
• African cinema reading list (PDF, 65k)
• Ousmane Sembene reading list (PDF, 82k)
• Africa: Films and Television (PDF, 33k)
• Black Representation in cinema and television (PDF, 24k)