[2] Bianco e Nero was founded in 1937 by Luigi Chiarini as the official organ of the drama school Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.

[4] Bianco e Nero was the official media outlet of the Centro Sperimentale della Cinematografia in Cinecittà based in Rome.

[4] Bianco e Nero was started as a monthly journal, and its contents included reviews and essays on film pedagogy and theory.

[3] Since 1939, the magazine also published a series of special monographic books on history, form and technique of cinema.

[5] The Spanish film magazine Objetivo was modeled on Bianca e Nero.