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In the US, the Academy for film has a new exhibition.
It shows the work of Black people in cinema from 1890 to 1971.
Ava DuVernay is a film director.
She was there at the start of the exhibition.
She talked about the importance of Black people in cinema.
The name of the exhibition is Regeneration.
The exhibition team found old films with Black actors.
The actors played important parts.
Exhibition visitors can now see these films for the first time.
Visitors can watch actor Hattie McDaniel.
She received an Oscar award.
She played an important part in the film “Gone with the Wind”.
But at the event, McDaniel was at a different table.
She couldn’t sit with white actors.
She couldn’t watch the first showing of the film.
The cinema was only for white people.
The Academy wants people to think about Black people in cinema, then and now.
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