the first black film was '' a fool and his money (1912). it was created by the solax film company. the first black actors name was lincoln perry. hattie mcdaniels was the first black actor to win an oscar . only 19 out of 354 awards given across the 4 categories were black.
while overall the representation among film cast is broadly in line with the back share of the US population (13.4 percent) , black actors play only 11% of leading roles in films and are often funneled to play race related projects
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