Film still from William Selig's Something Good – Negro Kiss (1898), with Saint Suttle and Gertie Brown. Courtesy of USC HMH Foundation Moving Image Archive

Film still from Something Good – Negro Kiss, 1898

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Regeneration, Remixed

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Saban Building. Photo by Josh White, JWPictures/©Academy
Museum Foundation

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Saban Building

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Race Films, Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898 - 1971, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Photo by Joshua White, JW Pictures/© Academy Museum Foundation 

Race Films, Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898 - 1971

Curriculum Guide

Regeneration Catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue

Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898–1971 explores the rich history of Black participation in US cinema from its beginnings to just beyond the civil rights movement.