115 Films By and About Women of Color
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"To be clear, the list itself isn't comprehensive and doesn't claim to represent every woman-directed film about women of color; there would be too many to name. Rather, consider it a solid reflection of people's tastes. The original call was to "name three films you like with black, brown, native or Asian women leads" that were also directed by women. So the response online tells us a great deal about the films that general movie fans watch, like and remember.
You could say that the original list of 84 films reflects which movies had an impact on Hollywood and the US independent film scene, since the call came from a well-known US-based filmmaker. In order to come up with titles beyond the original 84, many of you looked to films made overseas, in nations where people of color are the majority.
It’s interesting to note which directors were listed multiple times; names like Mira Nair, Gina Prince-Bythewood and Gurinder Chadha came up more than once as women who have built careers on telling the stories of women of color, and whose films have made money over the years.
And of note, we’re looking only at feature-length, scripted films directed by women. Of course there are lots of important documentaries made by and about women of color, arguably many more than narrative features due to the cost and means of documentary production. So again, there would be too many documentaries to name here. There’s also the fact that many docs focus on groups of people, societal systems, or eras in history rather than individual protagonists, which makes it tougher to classify which documentaries are "led by women of color." But it may be worth a separate discussion on docs in the future."
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Persepolis
2007, in 9 top lists Check -
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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
2014, in 3 top lists Check -
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Wadjda
2012, in 3 top lists Check -
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35 rhums
2008 — a.k.a. 35 Shots of Rum, in 4 top lists Check -
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Whale Rider
2002, in 5 top lists Check -
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Monsoon Wedding
2001, in 8 top lists Check -
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Frida
2002, in 0 top lists Check -
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Bend It Like Beckham
2002, in 2 top lists Check -
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Daughters of the Dust
1991, in 9 top lists Check -
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Pariah
2011, in 7 top lists Check -
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Bande de filles
2014 — a.k.a. Girlhood, in 4 top lists Check -
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Samt el qusur
1994 — a.k.a. The Silences of the Palace, in 4 top lists Check -
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Sita Sings the Blues
2008, in 3 top lists Check -
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Go-yang-i-leul boo-tak-hae
2001 — a.k.a. Take Care of My Cat, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Watermelon Woman
1996, in 7 top lists Check -
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Eve's Bayou
1997, in 6 top lists Check -
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Rue Cases Nègres
1983 — a.k.a. Sugar Cane Alley, in 4 top lists Check -
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Water
2005, in 3 top lists Check -
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Et maintenant on va où?
2011 — a.k.a. Where Do We Go Now?, in 2 top lists Check -
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Love & Basketball
2000, in 6 top lists Check -
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Sukkar banat
2007 — a.k.a. Caramel, in 1 top list Check -
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Girlfight
2000, in 3 top lists Check -
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Fire
1996, in 2 top lists Check -
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Appropriate Behavior
2014 — a.k.a. Appropriate Behaviour, in 3 top lists Check -
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Losing Ground
1982, in 4 top lists Check -
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Saving Face
2004, in 0 top lists Check -
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Earth
1998, in 2 top lists Check -
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Camila
1984, in 4 top lists Check -
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Yo, la peor de todas
1990 — a.k.a. I, the Worst of All, in 2 top lists Check -
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Ke tu qiu hen
1990 — a.k.a. Song of the Exile, in 3 top lists Check -
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Belle
2013, in 1 top list Check -
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Circumstance
2011, in 0 top lists Check -
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Mississippi Masala
1991, in 2 top lists Check -
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Beyond the Lights
2014 — a.k.a. Blackbird, in 0 top lists Check -
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Joven y Alocada
2012 — a.k.a. Young and Wild, in 1 top list Check -
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Zanan-e bedun-e mardan
2009 — a.k.a. Women Without Men, in 0 top lists Check -
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Futatsume no mado
2014 — a.k.a. Still the Water, in 0 top lists Check -
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Advantageous
2015, in 0 top lists Check -
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Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986, in 1 top list Check -
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Tian yu
1998 — a.k.a. Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl, in 0 top lists Check -
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Things We Lost in the Fire
2007, in 0 top lists Check -
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Na-moo-eobs-neun san
2008 — a.k.a. Treeless Mountain, in 1 top list Check -
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The Secret Life of Bees
2008, in 0 top lists Check -
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Real Women Have Curves
2002, in 1 top list Check -
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Bhaji on the Beach
1993, in 2 top lists Check -
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Middle of Nowhere
2012, in 1 top list Check -
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Bessie
2015, in 1 top list Check -
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Double Happiness
1994, in 1 top list Check -
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Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
1992, in 1 top list Check -
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I Can't Think Straight
2008, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Jun 3, 2015 by redpandacat; source