BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana native who became an advocate for black filmmakers has donated a large collection of materials from the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame to an Indiana University film center. Mary Perry Smith's donation to IU's Black Film Center/Archive includes more than 300 linear feet of records, publications and memorabilia from the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, which Smith co-founded. Her donation also includes the original grave maker of Oscar Micheaux, who in 1919 became was the first African-American filmmaker to produce a feature-length film. Smith was born in Evansville in 1926 and currently lives in Oakland, Calif.
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