100 Black Screen Icons

Welcome to 100 Black Screen Icons

100 Black Screen Icons brings to light 100 of the most significant international black (African diaspora) personalities in film and television. Spanning over 100 years and across the globe, the site features profiles of directors, actors, producers, writers, composers and others who have made a significant contribution to the development of the moving image.

Who released his first American film in 1919?
Who heralded from South Africa and went on to make one of the first independent black British films in 1965?
Who is the first woman of African descent to direct a Hollywood movie?
Who is the greatest Black Screen Icon of all time?

Poll Results Announced Below

100 Black Screen Icons Poll Winners
Denzel Washington All-time Black Screen Icon Black Screen Icon: Actor	Oprah Winfrey Black Screen Icon: Woman Black Screen Icon: Producer	Quincy Jones Black Screen Icon: Technical	Spike Lee Black Screen Icon - Director

Ousmane Sembene dies

100 Black Screen Icons would like to remember and honour the pioneering and provocative director Ousmane Sembene, who sadly passed away on June 10 in Senegal, aged 84.
Ousmane was the first film director from Africa to gain international recognition and was often described as 'the father of African cinema'.
He lived all his life as a novelist, film director, social critic, activist and revolutionary.
Read more about Ousmane Sembene here...

Online Poll Results

Almost 3,000 votes were cast by over 1,200 registered users in the 100 Black Screen Icons poll during the 3-month campaign with more than 11,000 unique users visiting the website.
For the final results (top 5 winners in each category):
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Partners

Every Generation Media and the BFI, supported by the BBC and the UK Film Council, have developed 100 Black Screen Icons, an interactive, high impact on-line voting project.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 23 July 2007 )