Charles Young (United States Army)
Charles Young( March 12, 1864 – January 8, 1922) was an American soldier.
He was the third African- American graduate of the United States Military Academy, the first black U.S. national park superintendent, first black military attaché, first black man to achieve the rank of colonel in the United States Army, and highest- ranking black officer in the regular army until his death in 1922.
Mattiwilda Dobbs
Mattiwilda Dobbs( July 11, 1925 – December 8, 2015) was an African- American coloratura soprano and one of the first black singers to enjoy a major international career in opera.
She was the first black singer to perform at La Scala in Italy, the first black woman to receive a long- term performance contract at the Metropolitan Opera, New York and the first black singer to play a lead role at the San Francisco Opera.
William James Craft
William James Craft( 1886 – 30 June 1931) was a Canadian film director and screenwriter.
He directed 69 films between 1910 and 1931.
He is also credited with writing for 12 films between 1920 and 1928.
Craft was born in Toronto and died in auto accident in Hollywood, California.
Dames Ahoy!
Dames Ahoy! is a 1930 talkie film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.
It was also released in a silent version.
The film was directed by William James Craft and starred Glenn Tryon and Otis Harlan.
Cheering Section
Cheering Section is a 1977 film.
Pixley ka Isaka Seme
Pixley ka Isaka Seme( c. 1881 – June 1951) was one of the first black lawyers in South Africa( Alfred Mangena was the first black attorney, Duma Nokwe the first black advocate), and a founder and President of the African National Congress.
Anthony Simmons (writer)
Anthony Simmons( 16 December 1922 – 22 January 2016) was a British writer and film director.
He was associated with, though separate from, the Free Cinema movement; he said he was greatly influenced by Humphrey Jennings and by Michelangelo Antonioni ’s movie" Il Grido"( 1957).
Journey Among Women
Journey Among Women is a 1977 film directed by Tom Cowan.
Black Joy (1977 film)
Black Joy is a British film released in 1977, directed by Anthony Simmons.
The story of an immigrant country boy in Brixton, London.
It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.
The film is a lightly ironic, British culture- clash comedy.
Trevor Thomas heads the cast as a Guyanese youth who is under the delusion that life will be easier for him in London.
No sooner does Thomas set foot in England than he gets tangled up in one disaster after another.
The catalyst for most of Our Hero's travails is" assimilated" Caribbean Norman Beaton, who plays a streetwise con artist.
The film was adapted from" Dark Days and Light Nights", a stage play by Jamal Ali, who also wrote the screenplay.
William Hallett Greene
William Hallett Greene or Green( October 1864 May 1942) was the first black member of the U.S. Signal Corps, the first black graduate of City College of New York, and first black meteorologist.

Question: Which film has the director who died first, Black Joy (1977 Film) or Dames Ahoy!?
Answer: Dames Ahoy!