Latest Acquisitions
The most recent film acquisitions of the BFC/A listed by title followed by filmmaker, year, and format
2013 Acquisitions
7 Seconds -- Simon Fellows, 2005 (DVD)Burn: The Evolution of an American City -- Harold Jackson III, 2009 (DVD)
Chronicle of a Summer (Chronique d'un été) -- Jean Rouch & Edgar Morin, 1961 (DVD)
Cry, the Beloved Country -- Zoltan Korda, 1951 (DVD)
Fureur --Karim Dridi, 2003 (DVD)
Hard Luck -- Mario Van Peebles, 2006 (DVD)
Hope in My Heart: The May Ayim Story -- Maria Binder, 1997 (DVD)
Maluala -- Sergio Giral, 1979 (DVD)
Michael Jackson Number Ones -- Steve Barron, 2003 (DVD)
Salt of This Sea (Milh Hadha al-Bahr) -- Annemarie Jacir, 2008 (DVD)
Salut cousin! -- Merzak Allouache, 1997 (DVD)
Searching for Sugar Man -- Malik Bendjelloul, 2012 (DVD)
Slave Trade in the World Today -- Maleno Malenotti, Roberto Malenotti & Folco Quilici, 1964 (DVD)
Stomp the Yard -- Sylvain White, 2007 (DVD)
Teza -- Haile Gerima, 2008 (DVD)
Tire dié (Toss Me a Dime) -- Fernando Birri, 1960 (DVD)
Un été américain -- Henry Chapier, 1968 (DVD)
2012 Acquisitions
A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs and Freedom -- Dante James, 1996 (DVD) Abolição -- Sozimo Bulbul, 1988 (DVD)
Addio zio Tom (Goodbye Uncle Tom) -- Gualtiero Jacopetti & Franco Prosperi, 1971 (DVD)
Africa Blood & Guts -- Gualtiero Jacopetti & Franco Prosperi, 1966 (DVD)
Afro Promo: Black Cinema Trailers, 1946-1976 -- Karl Knapper & Jenni Olson, 2006 (DVD)
Allah Tantou -- David Achkar, 1991 (DVD)
American Son -- Neil Abramson, 2008 (DVD)
Après L’ocean -- Éliane de Latour, 2006 (DVD)
At the River I Stand -- David Appleby & Allison Graham, 1993 (DVD)
Bab El-Oued City -- Merzak Allouache, 1994 (DVD)
Black Press, The: Soliders Without Swords -- Stanley Nelson, 1998 (DVD)
Borders -- Mostedfa Djadjam, 2001 (DVD)
Cadillac Records -- Darnell Martin, 2008 (DVD)
Café au Lait -- Mathieu Kassovitz, 1993 (DVD)
Ceddo -- Ousmane Sembène, 1977 (DVD)
Chico & Rita -- Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal & Fernando Trueba, 2010 (DVD)
City Lovers -- Barney Simon, 1982 (VHS)
Country Lovers -- Manie Van Rensburg, 1983 (VHS)
Embalmer, The -- S. Torriano Berry, 1996 (DVD)
Endgame: Aids in Black America -- Renata Simone, 2012 (DVD)
Free Havana -- Eliezer Pérez Angueira, 2012 (DVD)
First Grader, The -- Justin Chadwick, 2010 (DVD)
For Our Daughters: A Film For Black Girls -- Vanz Chapman & Eric McKay, 2012 (DVD)
I Can't Sleep -- Claire Denis, 1994 (DVD)
Journey of August King, The -- John Duigan, 1995 (DVD)
Jungle, The -- Charlie "Brown" Davis, Jimmy "Country" Robinson, & David "Bat" Williams, 1967 (DVD)
Landlord, The -- Hal Ashby, 1970 (DVD)
L'autre Côté de la Mer -- Dominique Cabrera, 1997 (DVD)
Last Angel of History, The -- John Akomfrah, 1996 (DVD)
Mapantsula -- Oliver Schmitz, 1988 (DVD)
Meaning of Food, The -- Maria Gargiulo, Vivian Kleiman, Karin Williams, & Kris Kristensen, 2005 (DVD)
Mortu Nega -- Flora Gomes, 1988 (DVD)
My Voice -- Flora Gomes, 2002 (DVD)
Nenette and Boni -- Claire Denis, 1996 (DVD)
Nine Muses, The -- John Akomfrah, 2010 (DVD)
No Vietnamese Ever Called Me Nigger, 1968 (DVD)
Old Man and the Storm, The -- June Cross, 2006 (DVD)
Other World, The -- Merzak Allouache, 2001 (DVD)
Otomo -- Frieder Schlaich, 1999 (DVD)
A Place of Our Own -- Stanley Nelson, 2004 (DVD)
Placido: The Blood of the Poet -- Sergio Giral, 1986 (DVD)
Puerta de no Retorno, La -- Santiago Zannou, 2011 (DVD)
'Round Midnight -- Bertrand Tavernier, 1986 (DVD)
Rent a Rasta -- J. Michael Seyfert, 2006 (DVD)
Road to Brown, The -- William Elwood & Mykola Kulish, 1990 (DVD)
Seven Songs for Malcolm X -- John Akomfrah, 1993 (DVD)
Story of Lover's Rock, The -- Menelik Shabazz, 2011 (DVD)
Struggles in Steel: The Fight for Equal Opportunity -- Tony Buba, 1996 (DVD)
This is the Life -- Ava DuVernay, 2008 (DVD)
Thirty-Five Shots of Rum -- Claire Denis, 2008 (DVD)
Waalo Fendo -- Mohammed Soudani, 1997 (DVD)
Warming by the Devil's Fire -- Charles Burnett, 2003 (DVD)
White Material -- Claire Denis, 2009 (DVD)
