bell hooks, also known as Gloria Watkins, is a Distinguished Professor of English at City College, City University of New York. She is a writer, feminist theorist, and cultural critic. She is the author of numerous books and also writes frequently for such magazines as Spin, Interview, Essence and Z.

Sisters in Cinema web site

Blackfilm.com, A site dedicated to African Americans in the film business

Bright Lights Film, "Blaxploitation: A Sketch"

Dr. Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Women Filmmakers of the African and Asian Diaspora

Hollywood.com, Waiting to Exhale