* Premiere magazine reported that 19 releases by African Americans reached an audience of 40,000,000 or roughly 4% of 1993's total ticket sales.
* There are 26,000 theaters in the United States. The average Black film is showed on only 380 screens.
* Hattie McDanie became the first Black to win an Oscar for her supporting role of "Mammy" in "Gone With the Wind" (1939).
* Dorothy Dandridge's performance in "Carmen Jones" earned her a best actress nomination in 1954. She was the first Black actress thus honored.
* Sidney Poitier made history in 1963 when his portrayal in "Lilies of the Field" won him an Oscar for best actor.
* Isaac Hayes won an Academy Award for his music n "Shaft" (1971).
* "One Potato, Two Potato" (1964), was the first film to tackle interracial marriage.
* The first Black horror film was "Blacula" (1972).
* Hollywood's first Black editor was Hugh Robertson.
* Maya Angelou was the first Black woman director with "Georgia, Georgia" (1972).
* "The Homesteader" was the first film directed by a Black director (1918), Oscar Micheaux.
* Oscar Micheaux made more than 35 films in 30 years.
* The first all-Black Hollywood films were "Hallelujah!" and "Hearts of Dixie" (1929).
* "Harlem on the Prairie" was the first Black Western (1938).
SOURCE: Greener Grass Productions. "African-American Film Statistics and Marketing Strategies." 1994
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