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'''Jacqueline Najuma Stewart'''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-fall-preview-2016-stewart-movies-profile-ae-0904-20160831-column.html|title=Jacqueline Stewart, champion for African-American cinema|first=Michael|last=Phillips|author-link=Michael Phillips (critic)|date=September 2, 2016|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=November 1, 2017|url-status=live|archive-date=November 24, 2019|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20191124134116/https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-fall-preview-2016-stewart-movies-profile-ae-0904-20160831-column.html}}</ref> is an American
Stewart is an elected member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]], and a [[MacArthur Fellow]].
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Stewart was born and raised in [[Hyde Park, Chicago|Hyde Park]], within [[South Side, Chicago]].<ref name="EmmyMagazine">{{cite magazine |last=Grifiths |first=John |url=https://www.emmys.com/news/features/class-acts |title=Class Acts |website=Emmy Magazine |issue=3 |date=2020 |access-date=May 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424055542/https://www.emmys.com/news/features/class-acts |archive-date=April 24, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> During her childhood, she remembered her aunt Constance introducing her to classic films on television. She stated, "...I always stayed up really late with her watching black and white films. She would talk to me during the commercial breaks about all the stars and the theaters that she used to go to. I was fascinated by the alternative world that I saw, the way that people talked and the way they dressed."<ref>{{cite interview |last=Maine |first=Brooke |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/jacqueline-stewart-academy-museum-of-motion-pictures-interview-2022 |title=Jacqueline Stewart Wants to Show You Another Side of Hollywood |website=[[W (magazine)|W]] |date=October 17, 2022 |access-date=May 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017132222/https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/jacqueline-stewart-academy-museum-of-motion-pictures-interview-2022 |archive-date=October 17, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
She graduated from [[Kenwood Academy|Kenwood Academy High School]]. Afterwards, she enrolled into [[Stanford University]], intent on becoming a journalist. There, she watched [[Spike Lee]]'s ''[[She's Gotta Have It]]'' (1986). Impressed, she studied Lee's career and [[feminist film theory]], on which she based her [[Bachelor of Arts]] thesis.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Alexander |first=Sonya |date=2021-06-10 |title=From Hyde Park to Hollywood |language=en-US |work=South Side Weekly |url=https://southsideweekly.com/from-hyde-park-to-hollywood/ |access-date=2021-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610202432/https://southsideweekly.com/from-hyde-park-to-hollywood/ |archive-date=2021-06-10 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1991, she graduated with a Bachelors in [[English literature|English]]. After this, Stewart enrolled as a graduate student at the [[University of Chicago]] (UC). Stewart reflected, "Film studies was just being formalized there and they hired a scholar named [[Miriam Hansen]] who wound up being my dissertation advisor and my mentor. And she specialized in silent cinema."<ref name="AWFJ_January2022">{{cite web |last=Ferdinand |first=Marilyn |url=https://awfj.org/blog/2022/01/01/spotlight-january-2022-jacqueline-stewart-film-scholar-archivist-and-curator/ |title=SPOTLIGHT January 2022: Jacqueline Stewart, Film Scholar, Archivist, and Curator |website=[[Alliance of Women Film Journalists]] |date=January 1, 2022 |access-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104222047/https://awfj.org/blog/2022/01/01/spotlight-january-2022-jacqueline-stewart-film-scholar-archivist-and-curator/ |archive-date=January 4, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1993, she graduated with a [[Master's degree]], and in 1998 with a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]], both in English from the University of Chicago.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://news.uchicago.edu/profile/jacqueline-stewart |title=Jacqueline Stewart |website=University of Chicago |date=n.d. |access-date=June 15, 2020 |archive-date=May 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502180658/https://news.uchicago.edu/profile/jacqueline-stewart |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Fluker |first=Dominque |url=https://www.essence.com/culture/jacqueline-stewart-academy-museum-of-motion-pictures/ |title=Jacqueline Stewart, Director And President Of The Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures, Leads With Purpose |website=[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]] |date=March 17, 2024 |access-date=May 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319225252/https://www.essence.com/culture/jacqueline-stewart-academy-museum-of-motion-pictures/ |archive-date=March 19, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2018, she was elected to the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]],
▲In 2018, she was elected to the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]], <ref>{{Cite web |title=Jacqueline Stewart |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/jacqueline-stewart |access-date=2021-07-07 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130221017/https://www.amacad.org/person/jacqueline-stewart |archive-date=2019-11-30 |url-status=live}}</ref> and in 2021, she was awarded a [[MacArthur Fellowship]].<ref name="MacArthurFoundation" />
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In 2005, Stewart published her first book titled ''Migrating to the Movies: Cinema and Black Urban Modernity''. The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' reported she had spent a decade researching the topic, which focused on the role [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood cinema]] played in both influencing and reflecting the [[social mobility]] of Black Americans, particularly during the [[Great Migration (African American)|Great Migration]] when they began relocating to the [[Northeastern United States|Northeast]] after living in the [[Southern United States|South]].<ref name="MigratingtotheMovies" />
Ten years later, in 2015, she co-authored the book ''L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema'', chronicling the [[L.A. Rebellion|film movement]], with then-[[UCLA Film and Television Archive]] director Jan-Christopher Horak and then-[[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] cinema studies professor Allyson Nadia Field.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520284685/la-rebellion |title='L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema
In 2005,
By 2020, she was a three-term appointee to the [[National Film Preservation Board]] (NFPB), which advises the [[Librarian of Congress]] on policy. She also chaired the NFPB Diversity Task Force, ensuring the selected films chosen for the [[National Film Registry]] reflect diversity and inclusion.<ref name=Daniels/><ref>{{cite news |last=King |first=Loren |url=https://www.motionpictures.org/2020/03/silent-sunday-nights-host-jacqueline-stewarts-easy-going-film-expertise/ |title=''Silent Sunday Nights'' Host Jacqueline Stewart's Easy Going Film Expertise |website=[[Motion Picture Association]] |date=March 24, 2020 |access-date=May 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424025133/https://www.motionpictures.org/2020/03/silent-sunday-nights-host-jacqueline-stewarts-easy-going-film-expertise/ |archive-date=April 24, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Taking a sabbatical from the University of Chicago, in 2021, Stewart was appointed the inaugural artistic director at the [[Academy Museum of Motion Pictures]].<ref name="StewartHeadstoLA" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Thompson |first=Anne |date=2020-10-20 |title=The Academy Museum Lucks Out with Chief Artistic Programmer Jacqueline Stewart |language=en |work=IndieWire |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/10/academy-museum-chief-artistic-programmer-jacqueline-stewart-1234593721/ |access-date=2021-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023111542/https://www.indiewire.com/2020/10/academy-museum-chief-artistic-programmer-jacqueline-stewart-1234593721/ |archive-date=2020-10-23 |url-status=live}}</ref> On July 6, 2022, the Academy Museum
In 2016, Stewart collaborated with [[Charles Musser]] on curating the DVD set ''[[Pioneers of African-American Cinema]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/top-chicago-critics-circle-awards-go-to-moonlight-la-la-land/|title=Top Chicago Critics Circle awards go to 'Moonlight,' 'La La Land'|first=Darel|last=Jevens |date=January 8, 2017|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|access-date=November 1, 2017|archive-date=June 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615163521/https://chicago.suntimes.com/2017/1/8/18409622/top-chicago-critics-circle-awards-go-to-moonlight-la-la-land|url-status=live}}</ref> During the summer of 2017, Stewart was invited on [[Turner Classic Movies]] to present a selection of films from the set, with future colleague [[Ben Mankiewicz]].<ref>{{cite interview |last=Coley |first=Jacqueline |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/jacqueline-stewarts-five-favorite-films/ |title=Jacqueline Stewart's Five Favorite Films |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |date=October 21, 2019 |access-date=May 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024073633/https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/jacqueline-stewarts-five-favorite-films/ |archive-date=October 24, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Soon after, she was invited to the 2018 TCM Classic Film Festival as a panelist to discuss the history of black images; in 2019, she was a guest speaker at a screening of ''[[The Defiant Ones]]'' (1958) and was a panelist for a discussion titled "The Complicated Legacy of ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]''".<ref>{{cite news |last=Bitran |first=Tara |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jacqueline-stewart-is-turner-classic-movies-first-african-american-host-1237214/ |title=Jacqueline Stewart Becomes First African American Host at Turner Classic Movies |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=September 9, 2019 |access-date=May 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428041005/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jacqueline-stewart-is-turner-classic-movies-first-african-american-host-1237214/ |archive-date=April 28, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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