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This paper concentrically frames ubiquitous themes entrenched within the historical image of the black female performer preponderantly projected by American film and television during the 19th and 20th centuries, and ascribed to, by current Hollywood film, television, and advertisements with the professional lives of six African American female choreographers working in California, exposing fundamental cues unconsciously embedded within the role of the Black image aligned in both visual artistry and visual media/film. Moreover, this paper offers a synopsis of the Black image as a visual construct in American cinema over the last 150 years. While on review, hints of the era’s political, social, cultural and aesthetic climate are mentioned. Underlying cues, codes, and stasis implicit the role of the black performer, emerge as spaces of silence for many of the participants. The reader is then introduced to the professional narratives of these six self-described African American female choreographers. The data is then, reviewed and analyzed. Four emergent themes: The female black body, hierarchy of movement, unconscious self-denigration and spirituality are discussed intimately, further driving the educational implications of the closing chapter.