The 24th Annual

Film Festival

In honor of Hip Hop’s 50th birthday, we celebrate hip hop with our 24th Film Festival. My first introduction to Hip Hop came  in the Summer of 1979,  with a record by the Fat back band featuring a rapper by the name of King Tim III, that my older brother had bought. Although Hip Hop started in 1973, the sounds from this record started a love affair with Hip Hop, which continues to this day.

1.Hip Hop 50th

2.Hip Hop Culture Center in Harlem 2008 Rapathon

3.Hype 2phones

4.Jay Z in Richmond

5.Hip Hop Culture Center in Harlem 2nd Rapathon

6.Roots, Rhymes, & Rage: The Hip Hop story

7.Roots, Rhymes, & Rage: The Hip Hop story part 2

8.The Roots Rock the Jamestown 400th

9.Blue Rosez
HFI Hall of Fame Inductees

1999- Oscar Micheaux (1885-1951)

2000- Melvin Van  Peebles (1932-2021)

2001-Gordon Parks (1912-2006)

2002 -Noble Johnson (1881-1978 )

2003-Spencer Williams (1893-1969)

2004-Ivan Dixon (1931-2009)

2005-Sidney Poitier (1927-2022)

2006-Clarence Muse (1889-1979)

2006-Charles Burnett

2007-Ossie Davis (1917-2005)

2007-William Greaves (1926-2014)

2008-Michael Schultz

2009-Maya Angelou (1928-2014)

2010-Spike Lee

2011-Julie Dash

2012-Robert Townsend

2013-Reggie Hudlin

2014-Steve McQueen

2015-F Gary Gray

2016-Barry Jenkins

2017-Albert Hughes

2018-Warrington Hudlin

2019-John Singleton (1968-2019)

2020-Ava DuVernay

2021-Chadwick Boseman (1977-2020)

2022-Kathleen Collins (1942-1986)

2023-Ryan K. Coogler