Jacqueline Stewart

Jacqueline Najuma Stewart is an American cinema studies scholar and television host for Turner Classic Movies. A professor at the University of Chicago, she also served as the inaugural artistic director, and then president for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures from 2021 to 2024. Stewart is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and National Film Preservation Board, and was honored as a MacArthur Fellow.

Born in Chicago, Stewart is an alumnus of Stanford University and University of Chicago, graduating with a master's degree and PhD in English. In 2005, she wrote her debut non-fiction book ''Migrating to the Movies'', which explored the correlation of classical Hollywood cinema and the African-American experience during the Great Migration. Meanwhile, Stewart served as the chairwoman for the nonprofit arts organization, Black Cinema House, and founded the South Side Home Movie Project. She also collaborated with her husband Jake Austen on the public-access television series ''Chic-a-Go-Go''.

In 2015, Stewart collaborated with Charles Musser on curating the DVD set ''Pioneers of African-American Cinema'', which led to an appearance on Turner Classic Movies (TCM), alongside Ben Mankiewicz. She subsequently appeared at the TCM Classic Film Festival, and in 2019, Stewart was hired to host the ''Silent Sunday Nights'' programming block on late-night weekends. Provided by Wikipedia