Black Film Center/Archive

Quartier Mozart (1992) - This comedic tale of the education of a young school-girl known as "Queen of the 'Hood" in the working class neighborhood of Yaounde, Cameroon was awarded the Prix Afrique en Creation at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. Comedy, 80 min., VHS, dir: Jean-Pierre Bekolo.

Queens of Comedy, The (2001) - Black female Comedians Adele Givens, Mo'Nique, Sommore and Laura Hayes take the stage in this raunchy follow-up to Spike Lee's The Original Kings of Comedy (2000). Comedy, 79 min., DVD. dir: Steve Purcell.

Question of Color, A (1992) - Kathe Sandler examines the issue of color consciousness within the black community, a caste system based on how closely skin color, hair texture and facial features conform to a European ideal. She interviews a number of African Americans who provide testimony of their experiences and attitudes regarding color. Documentary, 57 min., VHS, dir: Kathe Sandler.

Quiet One, The (1948) - A documentary-drama that tells the story of a Harlem youth who grows up feeling rejected and withdrawn, eventually drifting into delinquency. At the Wiltwyck School for Boys, he becomes a "quiet one," building a wall of silence around himself to hide the bitterness. The film won awards at the Venice and Edinburgh Film Festivals. Documentary, 65 min., VHS, dir: Sydney Meyers.

Quilombo (1984) - The film is a historical account of 17th century escaped slaves in northwestern Brazil whose refuge, "quilomobo dos Palmares," withstood attacks from Portugese and Dutch soldiers for over fifty years. In Portuguese with English subtitles. Drama, 114 min., VHS, dir: Carlos Diegues.