On Friday, February 27th at 12:00 p.m., the Black Film Center & Archive and University Collections at McCalla will host an educational event surrounding its exhibition, By Their Own Hands: The B...Read more

As part of the ribbon-cutting ceremony for The Michelle Materre Collection, we unveiled a new exhibit in the BFCA Phyllis Klotman Classroom, Rising from the Dust: The Legacy of Michelle Materre.

The exhibit celebrates the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, Inc. (BFHFI), an organization founded in Oakland, California in 1974 to honor Black filmmakers, actors, and myriad other performers.

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Paulin S. Vieyra’s birth, the BFCA presents TOTAL AFRICAN CINEMA, an exhibition honoring the pioneering filmmaker, critic, & historian who helped sh...Read more

For the past four years, the IU Libraries Moving Image Archive has hosted a regular screening series showcasing rare archival shorts that highlight underrepresented narratives and experimental motion-...Read more

As part of the ribbon-cutting ceremony for The Michelle Materre Collection, we unveiled a new exhibit in the BFCA Phyllis Klotman Classroom, Rising from the Dust: The Legacy of Michelle Materre.

The exhibit celebrates the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, Inc. (BFHFI), an organization founded in Oakland, California in 1974 to honor Black filmmakers, actors, and myriad other performers.

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Paulin S. Vieyra’s birth, the BFCA presents TOTAL AFRICAN CINEMA, an exhibition honoring the pioneering filmmaker, critic, & historian who helped sh...Read more

Join us at 12:00-1:30 p.m. in the Franklin Hall Commons on April 1st for First Wednesdays. 

Directed by IU alum and BFCA Advisory Board Member Jerald Harkness, When Everyone Swims (2025) is a documentary that chronicles the U.S.’s tenuous relationship with swimming, the importance of learn...Read more