The Black Candle narrative location Africa
Reception
Time magazine wrote "The first film about Kwanzaa, The Black Candle, narrated by Maya Angelou is fit for a poet."The Daily Voice wrote, "I predict that viewing The Black Candle will become an annual family tradition in homes around the world."The film won Best Full Length Documentary at the 2009 Africa World Documentary Film Festival.In December 2020, the American Film Institute selected The Black Candle as a "holiday classic" and featured the film in AFI Movie Club Presents: Home for the Holidays, "highlighting the very best of the holiday cinema".