Helpful Links
Indiana University Resources
External Resources
Actors, Directors, Producers
Organizations and Institutes
Archives and Libraries
Distributors
- African American Classic and Black History Month Videos
- AmazeFilms -- Producer and distributor of short films, feature films and the highly-acclaimed "Short Series", featuring Academy Award-winners and selections from Sundance, Cannes & Slamdance Film Festivals.
- Artmattan Productions -- Distributes films that focus on the human experience of black people in Africa, the Caribbean, North and South America and Europe
- Black Movie Watch.com -- Offers a variety of black film DVDs.
- Blaxploitation.com -- Includes bios, posters & movies.
- Black 2 Da Future -- A black urban entertainment website specializing in DVDs.
- California Newsreel -- Includes a catalog of California Newsreel's award-winning African American Perspectives.
- Canadian Filmmaker's Distribution Center Catalogue -- Specializes in rare, foreign-language, non-American, independent and special-interest titles.
- Cinema Guild
- Cult Film Site: Black Artists
- Facets Video
- Filmakers Library -- Features a diversity of films on various topics for the classroom.
- First Run/Icarus Films -- Features films and videos about the African-American experience. Subject listings include Ethnic and Race Relations, Social Issues, Urban Issues, Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Frameline -- The nation's only comprehensive non-profit organization dedicated to the exhibition, distribution, promotion and funding of lesbian and gay film and video.
- Hollywood's Attic / Discount Video Tapes. Inc. -- Selected Black Artists of the Silver Screen videos for sale.
- Midnight Ramble Video
- MovieFlix -- Selected Live Action Black Films
- Movies Unlimited
- Red Carnelian Cinema -- Distributes works by independent filmmaker Ayoka Chenzira, as well as national and international films in the African diaspora.
- SWANK Motion Picture -- Non-theatrical distribution company of 16 and 35mm releases. Excellent for College and University screenings.
- THA Media Video Distributor -- Specializes in educational video. Its Cultural Studies category has films by and about blacks.
- Third World Newsreel -- Committed to the creation and appreciation of independent and social issue media by and about people of color, and the peoples of developing countries around the world.
- Women Make Movies -- A national non-profit feminist media arts organization whose multicultural programs provide resources for both users and producers of media by women.
Film Festivals
Film Studies
Film Reviews
- BlackVoices -- AOL Black Voices
- Future Movies -- British movie review and filmmaking website
- ifilm -- Internet Movie Database
- IMDb -- Internet Movie Database
- NetNoir -- The Black Network. Includes Film and Television Revues.
Publications
Other Film-Related Internet Resources
- 24P Cinema -- 24P production company for Motion Pictures, Network Television, Commercials, DVD, and the Entertainment industry
- The Actor's Cafe -- Specializes in quality film production.
- African American Short Films (AASF) -- Television program that is syndicated in over 100 cities as a one-hour quarterly special.
- Africultures -- In French.
- All Africa -- London's BBC reporting of all things Africa.
- All Music Library -- All Music Library has royalty-free, buyout, and production music tracks available.
- Archives of Early Lindy Hop -- Includes a motion picture division.
- The Austin Film Resource -- Resource for Austin film, video, screenwriting, and media.
- Black Excel. -- The College Help Network.
- CineMedia. -- The Internet's largest film and video directory with over 25,000 links.
- BlackFilmHistory.com -- BlackFilmHistory.com is dedicated to acknowledging the achievements of people of African descent to the entertainment industry. The aim of this website is to offer a resource for filmmakers, fans, educators and anyone else interested in getting accurate and up to date information about African American contributions to the film and television industries.
- Directors Guild of America.
- DocuSeek -- A unique search site for independent documentary, social issue, and educational videos available in the U.S. and Canada.
- Film.Com -- Provides an unprecedented collection of material on film for a world-wide audience.
- Filmstaff.com -- Film and television 's entertainment job network.
- Filmmaker.com -- A resource and advice site for up and coming filmmakers.
- FlixFind.com -- FlixFind is a well-organized, human edited directory of movie web sites. The directory categories include: black film, independent film, studios, news, reviews, blogs, genres, publications and much more.
- German FilmWerk -- Includes an eclectic range of archival music footage.
- High Def 411 -- The HighDef 411 Web site lists people and companies who are experts in the HD field.
- The Hollywood Dip -- A Hollywood and entertainment resource directory.
- The Infography about Film: African-American -- Sources recommended by a professor whose research specialty is the history of African-American films and filmmaking.
- Kemps Film and Television -- Lists over 35,000 production services companies, crew and technicians from 65 countries worldwide in a searchable database.
- LA 411 -- Provides the entertainment industry with qualified production resources for film, TV, commercials, video and music video production.
- Mandy's International Film and Television Production Directory
- Media Alliance
- MediaRights.org -- Makes social issue documentaries and advocacy videos easy to find via a community site for media makers, activists, educators and librarians.
- Mindjakk Digital Studios -- Independent Motion Picture Production of Fantasy, Sci-Fi and Comic Book Related properties, primarily focusing on independent movies, shorts and television shows.
- Movies.com -- Movie times, tickets, trailers and more…
- Music Tracks Library -- Royalty Free Music Library where you can listen, buy, and download royalty-free music tracks for video, films and multimedia projects.
- National Film Board of Canada.
- New York 411 -- Provides the entertainment industry with qualified production resources for film, TV, commercials, video and music video production.
- PBS -- Monthly program listings, news, and links to other PBS program homepages.
- ProductionHub.com -- The largest global search engine devoted to professionals, products, and services in film, video and digital media.
- Resource 411 -- The entertainment industry's one-stop shop for the most valuable information available from 411 Publishing.
- Screen Actors Guild.
- Sisters in Cinema -- A resource guide for and about African American women feature filmmakers.
- ScriptCity.
- Spanish Cinema Link.
- Video and DVD release dates.
- Windy City TV -- A 24-hour Internet Television and Radio Broadcasting Station.
- Writers Guild of America.
- Yahoo -- Numerous links to film and television related material.
Posters/Photographs
Film Studios
