In honor of our26th year, we celebrate with a short film. Malcolm Jamal Warner joins our HFI Hall of Fame inductees.

                                                1970-2025

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

2024-Denzel Washington

2025-Malcolm Jamal Warner (1970-2025)