Camille Billops

Camille Billops (1933–2019) was an Black American artist and filmmaker. She often thematized herself and her family in her work. She gained fame as a documentary filmmaker for the African diaspora. Together with theatre scientist James Hatch, she put together the Hatch and Billops collection, which contains thousands of books and printed materials, 1200 interviews, and 1000 plays related to Black American culture.