This series contains memorabilia related to the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame (BFHFI).

Subseries 12.1 consists of fifty-three plaques honoring a number of the BFHFI's inductees between 1974 and 1988 as well as several recipients of the Clarence Muse Youth Award between 1984-1988, several winners of the annual film competition, and a number of special award recipients. Many of the plaques were designed and/or created by Ben Hazard, who was curator of special exhibits and education at the Oakland Museum of Califonia and actively involved with the BFHFI from its inception in 1974.

The handprints in subseries 12.2 were created by BFHFI inductees under the guidance of Oakland print artist Casper Banjo. Forty-two musicians, filmmakers, and artists are represented including Lena Horne, Eartha Kitt, Gordon Parks, Madge Sinclair, Maya Angelou, Ruth Beckford, Tempestt Bledsoe, Dizzy Gillespie, Stepin Fetchit, and many others. Also included is a wooden box built and painted by Banjo with his hallmark brick wall motif. The box is signed by several inductees and was intended to hold either the handprints or inductee plaques.

Subseries 12.3. consists of print materials such as signed programs and monographs as well as official government proclamations, resolutions, and commendations. Among the more notable items are two Oscar Micheaux novels signed and personalized by the author, a copy of Way Down South signed by Clarence Muse, and a copy of the working script for Let's Do It Again signed by Sidney Poitier. There are also a number of souvenir programs for the annual Oscar Micheaux Awards Ceremony signed by stars such as Sammy Davis Jr., Jasmine Guy, and Harold Nicholas. The government proclamations, commendations, and resolutions range in date from 1974 through 2001. Most originate from various mayors' and government offices in California (Oakland, Los Angeles, San Jose, Berkeley, Alameda County, the California Legislature), but the cities of Detroit, Concord, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Atlanta, New York are also represented.

The costumes and articles of clothing in subseries 12.4. are mostly items related to BFHFI events including BFHFI sweatshirts and t-shirts, as well as hats and buttons made for the BFHFI's 1992 screening of Malcolm X. The remaining items include the dress and boots worn by Ruby Dee in the role of Grandma Baxter in the film version of Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979), Harold Nicholas' tap shoes, a khaki hat worn by Mario Van Peebles, and a felt flower hat rumored to have been worn by one of the Nicholas Brothers in My Pal Joey. Also include here are costume sketches by Bernard Johnson with fabric swatches for the film Bingo Long.

The final subseries, 12.5, includes miscellaneous artifacts such as two oversized photographs of an unidentified female model, a slapboard for a St. Elsewhere production, several plaques honoring the BFHFI and Oscar Micheaux, two banners for BFHFI events, and the original metal gravemarker for Oscar Micheaux, which was replaced by a headstone during an official ceremony in October 1988 and donated by the Micheaux family to the BFHFI.

Additional memorabilia in the form of movie screening posters, event tickets, celebrity correspondence, and unsigned souvenir programs are located in "Series 1. Publicity materials" and "Series 9. General correspondence" (see main collection overview at http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/findingaids/bfca/VAD4347).