Afro-American Film Company
Afro-American Film Company was a film production company in the United States. Black businessman Hunter Haynes was part of it. He went on to establish his own film company. It was owned by whites. It made films with black casts.
It was established in Kansas City, Missouri. Its films were controversial.[1]
Haynes filmed black organizations in Philadelphia.[2] The quality of its films was criticized.[3]
Filmography
[edit]- Him Dandy's Dream
- By the Help of Uncle Eben
- One Large Evening
- Mandy's Choice
- Lovey Hoes's Romance
- The Tango Queen[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Afro-American Film Company". Regeneration: Black Cinema. Archived from the original on November 21, 2024. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
- ^ "Afro-American Film CO Booker T. Washington". Nashville Globe. Nashville, Tennessee. October 3, 1913. p. 7. Archived from the original on November 21, 2024. Retrieved November 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Waterman, Richard W. (October 9, 2019). "The dark side of the farce: racism in early cinema, 1894–1915" (PDF). Politics, Groups, and Identities. 9 (4). Western Political Science Association. doi:10.1080/21565503.2019.1674670. ISSN 2156-5511. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 10, 2024. Retrieved November 21, 2024.