Presents 11 articles organized into sections on: historical analyses of black women's films including discussions of the directors of the Los Angeles School and the work of Camille Billops; self examinations of their own work by filmmakers such as Carol Munday Lawrence, Jacqueline Shearer, O. Funmilayo Makarah, Carmen Constant, and C. A. Griffith; and interviews with Michelle Parkerson and Ntozake Shange. Also included is a video/filmography of 20th-century works. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.