angelabassetts: Film masterpost highlighting the stories of women of color. Representation of women

angelabassetts:

Film masterpost highlighting the stories of women of color. Representation of women of color in film is quite scarce, so here are some films I think showcase a wide range of perspectives and experiences that we don't get to see on our movie screens. 

Women of Color in Dramas

• American Violet  (2008)
• Brick Lane (2008)
• Desert Flower (2009)
• Dreams of Life (2011)
• Heaven on Earth (2008)
• I Will Follow (2011) 
• Skin (2008)
• The Patience Stone (2013)
• Things Never Said (2013)
• Yasmin (2004)

Women of Color in Friendship/Family films

• Arranged(2007)
• Chutney Popcorn (1999)
• Eve’s Bayou (1997)
• How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer (2005)
• Radiance (1998)
• Real Women Have Curves (2002)
• The Joy Luck Club (1993)
• The Sapphires (2011) 
• Tortilla Soup (2001)
• Waiting to Exhale (1995)
• What’s Cooking? (2000)

Women of Color in RomComs

• It’s a Wonderful Afterlife(2010)
• Miss Dial (2013)

Young Girls of Color

• Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
• Anita and Me (2002)
• Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
• Life, Above All (2010)
• Linda Linda Linda
• Rabbit Proof Fence (2002)
• Wadjda (2012)
• Whale Rider (2002)
• Xiu Xiu The Sent Down Girl (1998)
• Yelling to the Sky (2011)

Queer Women of Color

• Pariah (2011)
• I Can’t Think Straight (2008)
• Saving Face (2004)
• Spider Lilies (2007)
• The Journey (2004)
• The Peculiar Kind s1&s2 (web series) 
• Yes or No 1 & 2