Madame E. Toussaint Welcome's war documentary Doing Their Bit (1916) or Eloyce King Patrick Gist for Hell Bound Train (ca. 1929-30).[4][5][6] What's certain is that Black women were contributing as screenwriters, actors, directors and producers from the earliest days of film.[7][8]
Silent film era in the United States was from the late 1890s to the mid 1920s, but only a fraction of the original inventory still exist today.[10][11] “There is no single number for existing American silent-era feature films, as the surviving copies vary in format and completeness.”[10] There are silent films that would only some portions of it that have survived such as its title, but would be missing one or two reels of film. Only 2,749 (25%) of American silent feature films survive in complete form. Another 562 (17% of the surviving titles and 5% of total production) survive in incomplete form.[10]
For all these reasons, many more women of color were likely involved than we currently know.
^Morgan, Kyna; Dixon, Aimee. "Eloyce King Patrick Gist". Women Film Pioneers Project. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
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