George Lucas' art museum acquires the Separate Cinema Archive, which includes 37,000 items of black film history.
, the first black person to direct a major studio film. Dorothy Dandridge, Sidney Poitier and Diana Ross are also represented in the collection.The name Separate Cinema Archive refers to the proliferation of films produced outside mainstream cinema from the 1910s to the late 1940s featuring all-black casts.
Jackson-Dumont said scholars will be able to study the archive. The museum also will host events and partner with organizations to create programming. “This particular body of work will help us cement certain relationships that will further animate the work that we want to do, not only at our building but also in communities,” she said.
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