269:(IBWFF), founded in 2001 in San Francisco. According to its website, the Society "recognizes, supports and preserves the works of film and video by and/or featuring Blacks in non-stereotypical...roles....The society’s goals are to provide a voice, resources, support, training, and guidance to emerging and established filmmakers who exemplify the society’s mission and the mission of the International Black Women's Film Festival."
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The IBWFF has recently initiated the "Tressie
Magazine"; its goal is to provide "insightful articles about your favorite Black actresses, including a refreshingly contemporary look at style, music and the film industry –especially in regards to women of color."
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January 28, 1922 (34:107) published the company's announcement that "'A Woman's Error' was the first of its kind to be produced by a young woman of our race, and has been passed on by the critics as a picture true to Negro life."
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Tressie Souders got into the film-making business, although it is known that she performed in an amateur theatrical production, a
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