Hunter Haynes

Hunter C. Haynes (1867 – January 1, 1918) was an innovator of strops to sharpen razor blades, founded a barbershop supply company, and was a film producer and film company founder. His parents had been enslaved for part of their lives. He established Haynes Photoplay Company after working as a producer at the white-owned Afro-American Film Company.^[1] He was lauded as a Black filmmaker.^[2]

Afflicted with tuberculosis, he resided in Saranac, New York to recuperate but died on New Year's Day 1918. He was buried in his hometown of Selma, Alabama.

Filmography

Uncle Remus' First Visit to New York (1914)^[3]

References

^ Olive III, J. Fred (September 9, 2010). "Hunter C. Haynes". Encyclopedia of Alabama.
^ Field, Allyson Nadia (May 22, 2015). Uplift Cinema: The Emergence of African American Film and the Possibility of Black Modernity. Duke University Press. ISBN 9780822375555 – via Google Books.
^ "100 Years in post production" (PDF). press.moma.org. Retrieved January 29, 2021.

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[1] Olive III, J. Fred (September 9, 2010). "Hunter C. Haynes". Encyclopedia of Alabama.

[2] Field, Allyson Nadia (May 22, 2015). Uplift Cinema: The Emergence of African American Film and the Possibility of Black Modernity. Duke University Press. ISBN 9780822375555 – via Google Books.

[3] "100 Years in post production" (PDF). press.moma.org. Retrieved January 29, 2021.

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