115 Films By and About Women of Color
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"To be clear, the list itself isn't comprehensive and doesn't claim to represent every woman-directed film about women of color; there would be too many to name. Rather, consider it a solid reflection of people's tastes. The original call was to "name three films you like with black, brown, native or Asian women leads" that were also directed by women. So the response online tells us a great deal about the films that general movie fans watch, like and remember.
You could say that the original list of 84 films reflects which movies had an impact on Hollywood and the US independent film scene, since the call came from a well-known US-based filmmaker. In order to come up with titles beyond the original 84, many of you looked to films made overseas, in nations where people of color are the majority.
It’s interesting to note which directors were listed multiple times; names like Mira Nair, Gina Prince-Bythewood and Gurinder Chadha came up more than once as women who have built careers on telling the stories of women of color, and whose films have made money over the years.
And of note, we’re looking only at feature-length, scripted films directed by women. Of course there are lots of important documentaries made by and about women of color, arguably many more than narrative features due to the cost and means of documentary production. So again, there would be too many documentaries to name here. There’s also the fact that many docs focus on groups of people, societal systems, or eras in history rather than individual protagonists, which makes it tougher to classify which documentaries are "led by women of color." But it may be worth a separate discussion on docs in the future."
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35 rhums
2008 — a.k.a. 35 Shots of Rum, in 4 top lists Check -
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A Different Image
1982, in 0 top lists Check -
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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
2014, in 3 top lists Check -
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A Tale of Love
1995, in 0 top lists Check -
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Advantageous
2015, in 0 top lists Check -
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Ala Modalaindi
2011, in 0 top lists Check -
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All About You
2001, in 0 top lists Check -
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Alma's Rainbow
1994, in 1 top list Check -
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Appropriate Behavior
2014 — a.k.a. Appropriate Behaviour, in 3 top lists Check -
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Aya de Yopougon
2013 — a.k.a. Aya of Yop City, in 0 top lists Check -
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B for Boy
2013, in 0 top lists Check -
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Bande de filles
2014 — a.k.a. Girlhood, in 4 top lists Check -
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Belle
2013, in 1 top list Check -
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Bend It Like Beckham
2002, in 2 top lists Check -
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Bessie
2015, in 1 top list Check -
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Beyond the Lights
2014 — a.k.a. Blackbird, in 0 top lists Check -
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Bhaji on the Beach
1993, in 2 top lists Check -
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Camila
1984, in 4 top lists Check -
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Sukkar banat
2007 — a.k.a. Caramel, in 1 top list Check -
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Chutney Popcorn
1999, in 0 top lists Check -
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Circumstance
2011, in 0 top lists Check -
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Civil Brand
2002, in 0 top lists Check -
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Compensation
1999, in 2 top lists Check -
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Daughters of the Dust
1991, in 9 top lists Check -
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Des étoiles
2013 — a.k.a. Under the Starry Sky, in 0 top lists Check -
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Descent
2007, in 0 top lists Check -
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Double Happiness
1994, in 1 top list Check -
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Down in the Delta
1998, in 0 top lists Check -
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Drylongso
1998, in 1 top list Check -
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Earth
1998, in 2 top lists Check -
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Le bonheur d'Elza
2011, in 0 top lists Check -
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Endless Dreams
2009, in 0 top lists Check -
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Eve's Bayou
1997, in 6 top lists Check -
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Fire
1996, in 2 top lists Check -
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Frida
2002, in 0 top lists Check -
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Funny Valentines
1999, in 0 top lists Check -
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Girl in Progress
2012, in 0 top lists Check -
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Girlfight
2000, in 3 top lists Check -
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Go-yang-i-leul boo-tak-hae
2001 — a.k.a. Take Care of My Cat, in 3 top lists Check -
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Habibi Rasak Kharban
2011, in 0 top lists Check -
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Hiss Dokhtarha Faryad Nemizanand
2013 — a.k.a. Hush! Girls Don't Scream, in 0 top lists Check -
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Honeytrap
2014, in 0 top lists Check -
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How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer
2005, in 0 top lists Check -
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I Can't Think Straight
2008, in 0 top lists Check -
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I Like It Like That
1994, in 1 top list Check -
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I Will Follow
2010, in 0 top lists Check -
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In Between Days
2006, in 0 top lists Check -
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Incognito
1999, in 0 top lists Check -
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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999, in 0 top lists Check -
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Invisible Light
2003, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Jun 3, 2015 by redpandacat; source