Dedication
Acknowledgments
African Cinema and the Diasporic: Introductory Considerations, by Michael T. Martin and Gaston Jean-Marie Kaboré
Part I: Africa
1958 Declaration and Resolutions of the Conference of Independent African States
1968 Manifesto of New Cinema in Egypt
1969 Pan-African Cultural Manifesto, Algiers, Algeria
1969 Resolution on Inter-African Cultural Festival
1970 Proposed Establishment of an All-African Cinema Union
1970s Regulations of the Carthage Film Festival
1972 Resolution on the Pan-African Film Festival of Ouagadougou
1974Workshop Resolutions: Seminar on "The Role of the African Filmmaker in Rousing an Awareness of Black Civilization"
1975The Algiers Charter on African Cinema
1975The Accra Declaration on Cultural Policies
1976Cultural Charter of Africa
1977Cinematographic Art (FESTAC 77)
1977Resolution of Commendation and Appreciation to the Federal Republic of Nigeria
1980Regulations of the Pan-African Film Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO)
1982Niamey Manifesto of African Filmmakers
1984Final Communique, African Regional Film Workshop
1986The Language Plan of Action for Africa
1987Resolutions on the Development of Film and Endogenous and non-Endogenous Cultural Industries
1989First International Day of Partnership (FEPACI)
1989An Outlook on FEPACI
1990Final Communique of the First Frontline Film Festival and Workshop
1991Statement by the African Women Professionals of Cinema, Television, and Video
1991The Status of the Audiovisual Sector in Africa
1991Declaration of Windhoek
1992African Audio-Visual Industries: Prospects and Strategies
1992Cultural Industries for Development in Africa: Dakar Plan of Action
1995Resolution on the Celebration of the Centenary of Film Invention
2001African Charter on Broadcasting
2002Accra Declaration on Public Service Broadcasting in West Africa
2002Declaration of Principle on Freedom of Expression in Africa
2006African Film Summit
2009FEPACI Master Report: Selections
2010 Queer African Manifesto/Declaration
2010Manifesto: Conference of African Women Filmmakers
2010Sollywood: A Movement
2010Communique from the "Sustaining the New Wave of Pan-Africanism" Workshop
2011The WEMF V Accra Declaration
2013 African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedom
2013 Declaration at the Second African Women in Film Forum
2016The African Editors Forum (TAEF): Declaration on World Media Freedom Day
2016 African Media Initiative
2016Sisters Working in Film and Television (SWIFT)
2017Manifesto of Ouagadougou, FESPACO 25th Edition
2017The Surreal16 Collective Manifesto White Paper
2018African Cinema Day: One Africa, One Cinema Project
2003 & 2019 The African Audiovisual and Cinema Commission (AACC): Decision on the Establishment of an AACC (2003), Draft Statute of the AACC (2019)
Part II: Black Diaspora
1920 Declaration of the Rights of Negro Peoples of the World
1945Selections from the Declarations and Resolutions of the Fifth Pan-African Congress
1956First Congress of Negro Writers and Artists
1958 Appeal: The Unity and Responsibilities of African Negro Culture
1959Second Congress of Negro Writers and Artists
1965An Esthetic of Hunger
1969Black Manifesto
1970Towards a Third Cinema
1972 Manifesto of the Palestinian Cinema Group
1973Resolutions of the Third World Filmmakers Meeting
1974The Resolution on Culture, Sixth Pan-African Congress
1974 Final Resolutions: International Conference for a New Cinema
1983Black Independent Filmmaking: A Statement by the Black Audio Film Collective
1983Symposium Declaration: Third Eye – Struggle for Black & Third World Cinema
1983NAMEDIA Declaration
1986 Inauguration of the San Antonio de Los Baños International School of Cinema and Television
1990FeCAVIP Manifesto
1990Audiovisual Market Caught Between the Chances in the North and South-South Cooperation
1991Special Broadcasting Service Charter
1992Caribbean Film and Video Federation: A Report
1993Working Group: Women in Cinema, Television, and Video Workshop
1994Resolution of the Seventh Pan-African Congress
1995Pan-African Union of Women of the Moving Image (UPAFI)
1999 Dogma Feijoada
1999Tunis Declaration for the Defense of National Cinemas
2003Dakar Declaration on the Promotion of ACP Cultures and Cultural Industries
2003National Cultural Policy of Jamaica: Towards Jamaica the Cultural Superstate
2003Towards a Protocol for Filmmakers Working with Indigenous Content and Indigenous Communities
2004 Poor Cinema Manifesto
2005Principles of Kaupapa Māori
2006Santo Domingo Resolution From the 2nd Meeting of the ACP Ministers of Culture
2008Jollywood Manifesto
2009 Brussels Declaration by Artists and Cultural Professionals and EntrepreneursAnnex to the Brussels Declaration: The Cinema and Audiovisual Sector as a Factor of Development (2009)
2009Afrosurreal Manifesto: Black is the New black—A 21st-Century Manifesto
2011-14 ABCD CINEMA: Filmmakers of Africa, Brazil, the Caribbean, and their Diasporas
: Final Declaration of the First Meeting of ABCD CINEMA (2011)
: Final Declaration of the Second Meeting of ABCD CINEMA (2012)
: Final Declaration of the Third Meeting of ABCD CINEMA (2013
: Cameras of Diversity (2012-2014)
2012The Association for the Advancement of Cinematic Creative Maladjustment: A Manifesto
2012Forty Years of Cinema by Women of Africa
2013Tela Preta Manifesto
2013 Trinidad and Tobago Declaration on Developing the Caribbean Film Industry
2013The New Negress Film Society
2015Resolutions of the Eighth Pan-African Congress
2016"Black Is" and That's the Beauty of It: Ten Propositions Concerning the Visible and the Visual, in Consideration of Black Cinema and Black Visual Culture
2016Report on the Launch of the African Women Filmmakers Hub
2016Cinema Pasifika: Developing the narrative film and television sector in the Pacific Island region
2017Pan-African Alliance of Screenwriters and Filmmakers (APASER)
2018More Shamans, less intolerance! An Indigenous Manifesto at Berlin Film Festival
2018Kia Manawanui: Kaupapa Māori Film Theoretical Framework
2019Reclaiming Black Film and Media Studies
2021The New Normal: A Manifesto to Create a Safe Space, Free of Racism, for the Black Artist
