Neema Barnette

Neema Barnette

Neema Barnette (born December 14, 1949) is an American film director. She was the first African-American woman to direct a primetime sitcom and also the first African-American woman to get a three-picture deal with Sony. Barnette has won several awards, including a Peabody Award, an Emmy Award, a Sundance Film Festival Award, the Sojourner Truth Award at Cannes, and two NAACP Image Awards. She has directed over fifty hours of network television, ten made-for-TV movies, and four feature films. Barnette also serves as executive producer for Black History Mini Docs, a series of videos that are ninety seconds or less featuring the stories of notable African-Americans throughout history. Her work primarily focuses on challenging the stereotypes of Black people that are depicted in entertainment. In 1990, she founded Harlem Girl Productions. She is an active American Film Institute alumni and was selected as one of ten artists to judge its 2002 Best Film Awards. Additionally, she is part of the Directors Guild of America's African American Steering Committee, a member of the Black Filmmakers Foundation, and serves as an annual judge for the Pan African Film Festival. She occasionally teaches various film courses, both virtually and at universities in California. Together with her husband, Barnette also owns Reel Rebel Productions and runs Live Theatre Gang, a theater and performance company for young adults.

  • Title: Neema Barnette
  • Popularity: 1.411
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1949-12-14
  • Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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Neema Barnette Movies

  • 2003
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    Sisters in Cinema

    Sisters in Cinema

    1 2003 HD

    Explores the careers of twenty black women working as film directors.

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  • 2003
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    Civil Brand

    Civil Brand

    6.6 2003 HD

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  • 2006
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    All You've Got

    All You've Got

    6.3 2006 HD

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  • 1985
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    Sky Captain

    Sky Captain

    1 1985 HD

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  • 2012
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    Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day

    Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day

    3.7 2012 HD

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  • 2012
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    Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day

    Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day

    3.7 2012 HD

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  • 1997
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    Spirit Lost

    Spirit Lost

    2.3 1997 HD

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  • 1996
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    Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story

    Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story

    1 1996 HD

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  • 2010
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    Heaven Ain't Hard to Find

    Heaven Ain't Hard to Find

    1 2010 HD

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  • 1994
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    Sin and Redemption

    Sin and Redemption

    4 1994 HD

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  • 1997
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    Close to Danger

    Close to Danger

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1993
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    Scattered Dreams

    Scattered Dreams

    5.2 1993 HD

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  • 1990
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    Zora is My Name!

    Zora is My Name!

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1992
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    Different Worlds: An Interracial Love Story

    Different Worlds: An Interracial Love Story

    1 1992 HD

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  • 1992
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    Different Worlds: An Interracial Love Story

    Different Worlds: An Interracial Love Story

    1 1992 HD

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  • 1993
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    Better Off Dead.

    Better Off Dead.

    4.7 1993 HD

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  • 1994
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    Sin & Redemption

    Sin & Redemption

    1 1994 HD

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  • 2007
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    Super Sweet 16: The Movie

    Super Sweet 16: The Movie

    6.3 2007 HD

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  • 1970
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    Two sisters, Nova Bordelon and Charley Bordelon, with her teenage son Micah moves to the heart of Louisiana to claim an inheritance from her recently...

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  • 1970
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    A vast international plot explodes when a beautiful Jane Doe is discovered naked in Times Square, completely covered in mysterious, intricate tattoos...

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  • 1970
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    The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until...

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  • 1970
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    6.937 1970 HD

    Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes prison to become a superhero for hire.

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  • 1970
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    6.1 1970 HD

    Honest cop Tony Jr. gets advice from his unscrupulous father, retired NYPD officer Tony Sr., about everything from his job to his love life.

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  • 1970
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    7.5 1970 HD

    Welcome to a place where being normal is really quite strange. In a remote Texas town no one is who they seem. From vampires and witches to psychics...

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  • 1970
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    7.9 1970 HD

    A comedy-drama following a chaste young woman who is accidentally impregnated via artificial insemination as she struggles to inform her devoutly...

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  • 1970
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    6.379 1970 HD

    Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven children, not to mention the friends, sweethearts and...

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  • 1970
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    7 1970 HD

    Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe...

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  • 1970
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    6 1970 HD

    Miracle's Boys is a six-part miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Jacqueline Woodson. It was made for Noggin's nighttime block, The N,...

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  • 1970
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    7.1 1970 HD

    Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.

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  • 1970
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    7.6 1970 HD

    A widowed mom sets out to solve the mystery surrounding her young son's emerging superpowers while keeping his extraordinary gifts under wraps.

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  • 1970
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    7.9 1970 HD

    Based on Michael Connelly's best-selling novels, these are the stories of relentless LAPD homicide Detective Harry Bosch who pursues justice at all...

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  • 1970
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    6 1970 HD

    Follow a teen girl’s journey from her small northwestern town to the heights of the multiverse. When a supernatural event shakes her hometown...

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  • 1970
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    6.838 1970 HD

    Thurgood Stubbs lives with his wife, Muriel, in the Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs housing project, where he is the superintendent. This animated comedy...

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  • 1970
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    7.6 1970 HD

    Robyn McCall, an enigmatic former CIA operative with a mysterious background, uses her extensive skills to help those with nowhere else to turn.

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  • 1970
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    7.725 1970 HD

    A look at the personal and professional lives of the judges, lawyers, clerks, bailiffs and cops who work at an L.A. County courthouse.

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  • 1970
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    7.8 1970 HD

    Four stylish and ambitious best girlfriends in Harlem, New York City: a rising star professor struggling to make space for her love life; a savvy...

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  • 1970
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    6.8 1970 HD

    A psychiatrist moves with her family from California to her husband’s hometown in Mississippi only to uncover shameful secrets that irrevocably...

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  • 1970
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    8 1970 HD

    Deadly Games is an American comedy action sci fi show that appeared on UPN as part of its 1995 season. The basic plot of the show is about video game...

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