OGs
Blaxploitation era
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
Sinners (2025)
Who played T'Challa (Black Panther) in the MCU?
Chadwick Boseman
Who directed Da 5 Bloods (2020)?
Spike Lee
Which black actor holds the record for most Oscar wins?
Denzel Washington & Mahershala Ali (both acceptable)
What was the first feature film directed by Spike Lee?
She's Gotta Have It (1986)
Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.
Nickel Boys (2024)
This actor is a frequent collaborator of Jordan Peele & has appeared in Marvel movies
Daniel Kaluuya
Who directed Judas & The Black Messiah (2021)?
Shaka King
Who is the richest black filmmaker of all time (in terms of net worth)?
Tyler Perry
Who directed the indie black queer film The Watermelon Woman (1996)?
Cheryl Dunye
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation’s history of racial inequality.
13th (2016)
This actress won an Oscar early in her career and has gone on to star in big blockbusters such as Jungle Book (2016), The Odyssey (2026), and the Star Wars sequel trilogy (2015-2019)
Lupita Nyong'o
Who directed One Night in Miami... (2020)?
Regina King
Which black person has the most film credits to their name?
Samuel L. Jackson (150+)
Who is widely recognized as the first African American filmmaker?
Oscar Micheaux
After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
This EGOT winner starred in 3 DC superhero movies and the New York Times ranked her ninth on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century
Viola Davis
Who directed I Am Not Your Negro (2016)?
Raoul Peck
Which black costume designer has the most Oscar wins?
Ruth E. Carter (2)
This Senegalese director is often hailed as the "father of African cinema"
Ousmane Sembène
In the post–World War II South, two families are pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad.
Mudbound (2017)
What stage name does Dana Elaine Owens go by?
Queen Latifah
Who directed Daughters of the Dust (1991)?
Julie Dash
Who was the first black director to win the Oscar for best director?
No one (yet!)