The emergence of urban filmmakers such as the Hughes Brothers and Spike Lee occurred in the early '90's. As you may recall, there was a growing frustration with black stereotyping in the late '80's. We saw that in the media and the people. Also there was a very good movie called Hollywood Shuffle which focused on that. The song, "Burn, Hollywood, Burn" by Public Enemy re-enforced that belief. So black filmmaking has come a long way, relatively speaking, but it's sad that, like Cory mentioned, it's become quite stagnant as of late.