Beti Ellerson

Beti Ellerson is an American filmmaker and activist particularly active in African cinema. She established the Centre for the Study and Research of African Women in Cinema.

Personal life She completed PhD in African Studies from Howard University, USA. It consisted with interdisciplinary specializations in Visual Culture, African Cinema Studies, and Women Studies. In 2004, she was lecturer at Howard University in Washington, D.C.

Career When Ellerson started as a 1996–1997 Rockefeller Humanities Fellow, she continued post-doctoral research project with the title African Women in the Visual Media: Culture and Politics. She later studied script writing, video production, editing and television production at the local public access community television. With the experience she gained through cultural community in Washington, D.C., Ellerson produce and host a series called Reels of Colour. The series aired from 1997 to 2000, comprised a total of 27 episodes that ran on the local public stations in the Washington, D.C., area. as well as a book titled Sisters of the Screen: Women of Africa on Film, Video and Television.

She was a Jury member in several film festivals across the world, including; 2011 International Images Film Festival for Women held in Harare, 2018 London Feminist Film Festival and 2018 Carthage Film Festival (JCC).