Resources
DAACP is one part of a much larger, ongoing effort to document and preserve African American film history. The organizations and platforms below take on similar work from different angles — some as streaming archives, some as physical preservation projects, some as community institutions — and are worth exploring alongside DAACP’s own research database.
Related Organizations & Archives
Sisters in Cinema
A Chicago-based nonprofit founded in 1997 by filmmaker Yvonne Welbon, centering and celebrating Black girls, women, and gender-expansive media makers through fellowships, a screening series, workshops, and its Media Arts Center.
Black Film Archive
Created by Maya S. Cade, a streaming guide and living register of historically and culturally significant Black films made between 1898 and 1999, pairing each title with cultural context and where to watch it.
African American Home Movie Archive (AAHMA)
Founded by archivist and historian Jasmyn R. Castro, AAHMA collects, digitizes, and preserves African American home movies (8mm, 16mm, Super 8) through its Black Home Movie Index, safeguarding everyday moments of Black life that mainstream archives have often overlooked.
kweliTV
A Black-owned subscription streaming service offering films, series, documentaries, and animation from across the African diaspora.
Reelblack
Philadelphia-based filmmaker and archivist Michael J. Dennis has spent over two decades collecting and sharing rare interviews, screenings, and ephemera documenting Black cinematic and cultural history, first through community screenings and now through Reelblack’s website and YouTube archive.
DAARAC’s Archive
A long-running archival blog from the Department of Afro-American Research, Arts and Culture, tracing Black cinema era by era — from the Race Film Era of the 1920s–50s through Civil Rights, Blaxploitation, and modern Black cinema.
Black Film Space’s Black Film Festivals List
A running guide from Black Film Space — a nonprofit dedicated to advancing the careers of Black filmmakers — cataloging over a hundred film festivals worldwide that center Black storytelling and filmmakers.
African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)
Founded in 2003 by Gil Robertson IV and Shawn Edwards, the world’s largest professional association of Black film critics, reviewing cinema broadly with an emphasis on the Black experience and presenting annual awards recognizing Black voices in film and television.