Third World Cinema

The Third World Cinema Corporation was a company formed to promote film roles for actors of color. Seeking independence from the constraints of Hollywood, Ossie Davis started the company in 1972,[1] and soon produced two successful films: Greased Lightning, starring Richard Pryor, and Claudine (1974), with Diahann Carroll in the lead actress role.

Third World Cinema had two main objectives: to provide training for actors of color to find roles in film and television and to help create films produced and directed from minority perspectives.[2] Most of the initial funding came from Federal grants, including $200,000 and $400,000 grants from the U. S. Manpower and Career Development Administration and the Model Cities program respectively. Third World went on to train many of the technicians who would go on to work on other films made by actors of color since the 1980s.[3]

References
  1. "Independent Film". Film Reference. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  2. Lev, Peter (2010). American Films of the 70s: Conflicting Visions. University of Texas Press. p. 248. ISBN 9780292778092. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  3. Mapp, Edward (2008). African Americans and the Oscar: Decades of Struggle and Achievement (Second ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 218. ISBN 9780810861060. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
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