Afro-American Film Company
Afro-American Film Company was a film production company in the United States. Black businessman Hunter Haynes was part of it. He went on to establish his own film company. Afro-American Film Company was owned by whites. It made films with black casts.
It was established in Kansas City, Missouri. Its films were controversial.[1]
Haynes filmed black organizations in Philadelphia.[2] The quality of its films was criticized.[3]
Filmography
[edit]- Him Dandy's Dream
- By the Help of Uncle Eben
- One Large Evening
- Mandy's Choice
- Lovey Hoes's Romance
- The Tango Queen[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Afro-American Film Company". Regeneration: Black Cinema. Archived from the original on November 21, 2024. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
- ^ "Afro-American Film CO Booker T. Washington". Nashville Globe. Nashville, Tennessee. October 3, 1913. p. 7. Archived from the original on November 21, 2024. Retrieved November 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Waterman, Richard W. (October 9, 2019). "The dark side of the farce: racism in early cinema, 1894–1915" (PDF). Politics, Groups, and Identities. 9 (4). Western Political Science Association. doi:10.1080/21565503.2019.1674670. ISSN 2156-5511. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 10, 2024. Retrieved November 21, 2024.