Film Archives - Infinite Women

Dawn Porter

Despite having directed or produced more than a dozen documentaries, Dawn Porter did not begin her career thinking she’d end up in film.

For most of her film career, McQueen was typecast as a servant, but when those roles became scant in Hollywood during the 1950s, she pursued jobs in musical theater, television, and radio. She won the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Award in 1975 and an Emmy Award for her role in the children’s television special The Seven Wishes of Joanna Peabody (1979).

Norma Miller

Norma Miller is one of the creators of the acrobatic style of swing dancing known as the Lindy Hop.

Jeanne Sakata

Sakata has been a professional actress since the early 1980s and has performed in film, television, and theater. She made her playwriting debut with Dawn’s Light: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi in 2007.

Edith Head

Costume designer Edith Head’s career in Hollywood spanned over five decades, earning her eight Academy Awards for Costume Design, the most any woman had received.

Anna Manahan

Irish actress

Carmencristina Moreno

Carmencristina Moreno, recipient of the Bess Lomax Hawes Award, has been recognized for her lifelong contribution to Mexican American musical heritage through songwriting, performing, and teaching.