Live Poll: Black Filmmakers Who Changed Cinema (Complete; Black History Month)

sidney potier

Lazaro Ramos

Nabwana IGG

Hi @mariojacobs , thanks for the comments and suggestions. I compiled the list by focusing on those filmmakers cited by other filmmakers, as well as critics and scholars. (See "Sources" listed above.) However, I'll look for Ramos and Igg (and I already put them on my watchlist based on your recommendation). If I find them mentioned, I'll add them to the list. Poitier was cited as an actor but not as a filmmaker by the sources I used. Thanks again!

Ugh, I do that so often; I can't get used to these new lists. Thanks for letting me know. : )

@Scholle2008  Considering that I've always thought that you and I have similar taste, I'm guessing you'll really like his movies. Do the Right Thing, Da Five Bloods, Inside Job, and American Utopia are my favorites of his, and I also really like the mini series that he did for HBO, especially When the Levees Broke. And then there are his hits, like BlackKklansman, which is quite good, and Malcolm X, which I'm not crazy about but both Richard Ebert and Martin Scorsese count among the ten best movies of the '90s. I love Spike Lee: can you tell? Lol. 

@urbanemovies  Hi Urb, thanks, so much, for the feedback. I compiled the list by looking only at filmmakers often cited by other filmmakers, as well as critics and scholars. (See "Sources" listed above.) Burnett is definitely on the list, as well as F. Gary Gray. I was considering Prince-Bythewood so since you suggest her. I added her.  : )

@dan_dassow​ Ah, thanks, Dan. That's very kind of you.

@Peter_pbn​ Thank you, Peter! And as always, 'love the applauding emoji, lol.