TheBlack Filmmakers Hall of Fame, Inc. (BFHFI), was founded in 1974, inOakland, California. It supported and promoted black filmmaking, and preserved the contributions byAfrican-American artists both before and behind the camera. It also sponsored advance screenings of films by and about people ofAfrican descent and hosted theOscar Micheaux Awards Ceremony, held each February, from 1974 to 1993, in Oakland.
The Hall started as theBlack Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1974, as an all-volunteer project ofOakland Museum of California's Cultural and Ethnics Affairs Guild. It grew quickly, incorporating as BFHFI in 1977.
In 2014, all its archives were given to the Black Film Center/Archive, within the College of Arts and Sciences atIndiana University Bloomington.[1]
This is a partial list of inductees:[2]
† Awarded posthumously