BLACK LIVES MATTER: DIRECTORS HIGHLIGHT SPECIAL EDITION

For this edition of our Directors Highlight we want to celebrate our favourite Black Directors.
The recent Black Lives Matter demonstrations have called many things into to question with regards to how black people are treated in our society.
For various reasons, media of all types collectively offer a distorted representation of the lives and reality of black people. In turn, media consumption negatively affects the public’s understandings and attitudes related to black people and these distorted understandings and attitudes lead to negative real-world consequences.
That is why Black Representation in cinema matters and why we not only need more black film directors, but we should champion the rich and varied canon of work of existing black directors.
So that’s what we are going to do for this special BLM edition of our blog and introduce you to our favourite black directors and the films we encourage you to go and watch.
Spike Lee
Go watch: She’s Gotta Have It | 25th Hour | and BlacKkKlansman
Ava DuVernay
Go watch: When they See Us | Selma | A Wrinkle in Time
Ryan Coogler
Go watch: Fruitvale Station | Creed | Black Panther
John Singleton
Go watch: Boyz n the Hood | 2 Fast 2 Furious | Four Brothers
Barry Jenkins
Go watch: Little Brown Boy | Moonlight | If Beale Street Could Talk
Nia DaCosta
Go watch: Crossing the Line | Top Boy | Candyman
Issa Rae
Go watch: The Misadventures of an Awkward Black Girl | Insecure | The Choir
Jordan Peele
Go watch: Get Out | Us
F Gary Gray
Go watch: Straight Outa Compton | Fast & Furious 8 | Men in Black: International
Lee Daniels
Go watch: The Paperboy | Precious | Empire
Steve McQueen
Go watch: Hunger | 12 Years a Slave | Widows