ABOUT
Based in Los Angeles, BlackCinemadb.com is an online movie database of films from the African-American and African disapora. With our database, users can view hundreds of big-budget and independent films, TV movies, documentaries, classics, and notable foreign films from 1930 and beyond.
Our mission, quite simply, is to help promote the work of black directors, writers, actors, producers and technical crew while providing the most current and thought-provoking commentary regarding black-themed films. As aspiring filmmakers, we felt a social responsibility to form a more unified, collective black voice in the film industry while serving as a resource for black filmmakers around the globe.
The Team
La'Chris Jordan
(Founder)
B.A. in Communications from the University of Washington. Playwright, novelist, screenwriter and director. Over 30 awards and honors for her work including being named one of the '50 Playwrights to Watch' by the Dramatists Guild of America.
Semifinalist for 2013 Lila Acheson AMerican Playwriting Award at Juilliard.
A. Russell Andrews
(Co-founder)
Actor and Producing Artistic Director
of StageWalkers, an LA-based theatre company. The company has received over 30 LA Theatre award nominations with wins that include 2 NAACP Theatre Awards and 2 LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards; Recipient of the Sir Laurence Olivier Award (2002).
Dr. Terryl Ross
(Co-Founder)
Scholar, activist and filmmaker. Director of Diversity at the University of Washington, Bothell. PhD in Educational Communication & Technology, University of Washington, Seattle; Masters in Public Relations, Syracuse University.
Toni L. Bullock
(Co-founder)
Field Producer (Credits: The Amazing Race, Top Chef, Alaska the Last Frontier, Extreme Makeover Home Edition). Development Producer with Sharp Entertainment. MFA from the
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
