A New Canon: The 50 Greatest Films By Black Directors

“It’s time to fight the canons that be. Slate asked more than 20 prominent filmmakers, critics, and scholars – including Ava DuVernay, Robert Townsend, Charles Burnett, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Wesley Morris, and Henry Louis Gates Jr. – for their favorite movies by filmmakers of color and used their picks to shape our list of the 50 greatest films by black directors.”