"Black Card" Poster References

Poster Art is a craft in and of itself and it's important to view what's come before when designing something new.

"Separate Cinema: The First 100 Years of Black Poster Art", by John Duke Kisch, has served as an important reference for Pete Chatmon's upcoming short film "Black Card".

Check out a few that stood out in this small deck that Pete put together for his team.

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1. BLACK CARD | a PETE CHATMON picture Membership Has Its Challenges POSTER REFERENCES 1930’s | 1940’s “Dainah La Metisse” (1932) “Hi De Ho” (1947) “Dainah La Metisse” (1932)
2. 2 BLACK CARD | a PETE CHATMON picture Membership Has Its Challenges POSTER REFERENCES 1950’s “Jazz On A Summer’s Day” ! (1959) “Edge of the City” ! (1957) “Odds Against Tomorrow” ! (1959) “No Way Out” ! (1950)
3. 3 BLACK CARD | a PETE CHATMON picture Membership Has Its Challenges POSTER REFERENCES “The Cool World” (1963) 1960’s “Sergeant Rutledge” (1960) “Dilemma” (1962)
4. 4 BLACK CARD | a PETE CHATMON picture Membership Has Its Challenges POSTER REFERENCES 1960’s continued “Sitting At The Right Hand” (1968)! aka “Black Jesus” “Black Like Me” (1964) “Teach of the Suburbus” (1967)! aka “To Sir With Love”
5. 5 BLACK CARD | a PETE CHATMON picture Membership Has Its Challenges POSTER REFERENCES 1960’s continued “Putney Swope ” (1969) “Putney Swope ” (1969)
6. 6 BLACK CARD | a PETE CHATMON picture Membership Has Its Challenges POSTER REFERENCES 1970’s “Straight No Chaser” (1970) “King: A Filmed Record: ! Montgomery to Memphis ” (1970) “Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther” (1970)
7. 7 BLACK CARD | a PETE CHATMON picture Membership Has Its Challenges POSTER REFERENCES “Richard Pryor: ! Live In Concert” ! (1979) 1970’s continued “Lady Sings The Blues ” ! (1972) “The Bus Is Coming ” ! (1971) “Jimi Hendrix” ! (1973)
8. 8 BLACK CARD | a PETE CHATMON picture Membership Has Its Challenges POSTER REFERENCES 1980’s “Streamers” (1983) “Ragtime” (1981) “Attica” (1980)
9. 9 POSTER REFERENCES BLACK CARD | a PETE CHATMON picture Membership Has Its Challenges 1980’s continued “Beat Street” ! (1984) “Black Wax” ! (1983) “Die Farbe Lila” ! (1985) “Straight No Chaser” ! (1988)
10. 10 POSTER REFERENCES BLACK CARD | a PETE CHATMON picture Membership Has Its Challenges Late 20th | Early 21st Century “Selma” (2014) “Magnolia” (1999) “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” (1939)! Olly Moss 21st Century Version
11. 11 BLACK CARD | a PETE CHATMON picture Membership Has Its Challenges POSTER REFERENCES Timely Example
12. 12 POSTER REFERENCES “Black Card” (2015)