Welcome to the fifth annual 20 Films by Black Directors challenge!
This year I am the host, but it was originally created by Shachar.
The challenge is to watch 20 previously unseen films by Black directors and to review them. This is my ongoing list, which will surely change during the year. I have many US movie, but I'll try to have a maximum of 50%.
Please use the tag "20 Black Directors 2025" so that we can easily find each other's reviews.
Progress: 53/20. Movies listed in order of preference.
🎦 = Watched
Check notes for the directors' names and countries.
For this year, I suggest a few categories:
- At least 1 Horror and\or fantasy movie ☑️
-…
Welcome to the fifth annual 20 Films by Black Directors challenge!
This year I am the host, but it was originally created by Shachar.
The challenge is to watch 20 previously unseen films by Black directors and to review them. This is my ongoing list, which will surely change during the year. I have many US movie, but I'll try to have a maximum of 50%.
Please use the tag "20 Black Directors 2025" so that we can easily find each other's reviews.
Progress: 53/20. Movies listed in order of preference.
🎦 = Watched
Check notes for the directors' names and countries.
For this year, I suggest a few categories:
- At least 1 Horror and\or fantasy movie ☑️
- At least 1 from Africa ☑️
- At least 1 documentary ☑️
- At least 1 LGBTQ+ story ☑️
- At least 7 movies directed by a woman ☑️☑️☑️☑️☑️☑️
But it's not mandatory. Up to you if you want to use these categories or not. 🙂
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A few links if you are looking for suggestions:
- The excellent list Black Life on Film by Adam Davie's . The list also includes very helpful links to different genres of movies (but not all the directors on this list are black, so check if you're not sure).
- For African films, I think this is a good list.
And other helpful links, already mentioned in last year's challenge:
2000+ Films Directed By Black American Filmmakers
Official Top 100 Narrative Feature Films by Black Directors
In response to the Criterion Collection
Black Female Directors/Black Female Writers
Black Women Film and Video Artists
Black Women and Nonbinary Directors
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Participants:
Jon | Tarik Dingle | Nick Atkins | pei | Xellence | LigeiaCorpse | Will | Niranjan | TrigFromSubway | Mara | Suping | kyramarie19 | Brandon | micahholmquis | neocontra | Richie | Luis | t | evilchachouuu | Zoya | Tammori |
