Black Film Archive by Maya S. Cade

“The Color Purple” and Holding a Mirror to Black Women’s Cinematic Right to Revenge

Plus: 3 films on Black Film Archive focused on Black women’s vengeance

May 23 • Maya Cade

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March 2026

The Oscars Needs "Sinners"

More than Ryan Coogler’s movie needs 16 Academy Award nominations, or a Best Picture win

Mar 12 • Maya Cade and Angelica Jade Bastién

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February 2026

28 Films for the 28 Days of Black History Month

28 Films to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Black History Month

Feb 2 • Maya Cade

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December 2025

Remembering the Black Film Giants We've Lost in 2025

Remembering S. Pearl Sharp, Pioneering Black Woman Filmmaker and Poet + A Look Back at the Legacies of Jimmy Cliff, Malcolm Jamal Warner, and Other…

Dec 15, 2025 • Maya Cade

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August 2025

Who will solve Black cinema’s marketing crisis?

… and other questions in my inbox on the 4th anniversary of Black Film Archive.

Aug 27, 2025 • Maya Cade

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Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans?

4 Films to Remember pre-Katrina New Orleans By 20 Years After the Storm + MoMA Film Series

Aug 5, 2025 • Maya Cade

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July 2025

Believing in the Past Enough to Bring it into the Future

Distribution Diary #2

Jul 20, 2025 • Maya Cade

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June 2025

5 Black Pride Films to Urgently Watch on Black Film Archive

+ The first Los Angeles Black Film Archive event on Juneteenth at Philosophical Research Society at 7 pm

Jun 15, 2025 • Maya Cade

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Black Film Archive Information Desk

Introducing a dial in information desk as a paid subscription offering.

Jun 5, 2025 • Maya Cade

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May 2025

Some Personal News

I will soon be the President & owner of Milestone Films, a mighty film distributor

May 6, 2025 • Maya Cade

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April 2025

How Do You Resurrect a Black Cinematic Monument? On Restoring “Killer of Sheep”

When Black Film Archive launched in August 2021, one of my most asked questions was “well… How do I watch “Killer of Sheep?” – the 1978 masterpiece of…

Apr 18, 2025 • Maya Cade

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March 2025

Watching Zeinabu irene Davis at the End of the World

On “A Powerful Thang,” “Compensation,” resurrection, and reinvention.

Mar 30, 2025 • Maya Cade

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