Black Camera

Aims & Scope

Black Camera, a journal of Black film studies, is devoted to the study and documentation of the Black cinematic experience and aims to engender and sustain a formal academic discussion of Black film production.

We include reviews of historical as well as contemporary books and films, researched critiques of recent scholarship on Black film, interviews with accomplished film professionals, and editorials on the development of Black creative culture.

Black Camera challenges received and established views and assumptions about the traditions and practices of filmmaking in the African diaspora, where new and longstanding cinematic formations are in play.

Issues and special sections are devoted to national cinemas, as well as independent, marginal, or oppositional films and cinematic formations.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.2

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	28498

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	19

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.110

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The Essential I/Eye in We: A Black TransFeminist Approach to Ethnographic Film

  Citation: 37

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• Our Stories Have Never Been Told: Preliminary Thoughts on Black Lesbian Cultural Production as Historiography in <em>The Watermelon Woman</em>

  Citation: 36

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• Social Death and Narrative Aporia in <em>12 Years a Slave</em>

  Citation: 33

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• “New Nollywood”: Kunle Afolayan

  Citation: 27

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• Towards Reframing FESPACO

  Citation: 26

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• Cine-Agora Africana: Meditating on The Fiftieth Anniversary of FESPACO

  Citation: 25

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• The Outside Meets the Institution: The Carters' “Apeshit” Video

  Citation: 24

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• “We Don't Die, We Multiply”: <em>Bebe's Kids</em>, Hip-Hop Aesthetics, and Black Feature Animation

  Citation: 21

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• From a Real Place and Real People: Interview with <em>Mississippi Damned</em> Writer/Director Tina Mabry

  Citation: 21

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• “This Film Is a Rebellion!”: Filmmaker, Actor, <em>Black Journal</em> Producer, and Political Activist William Greaves (1926–2014)

  Citation: 20

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