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2024 BlackStar Film Festival coming Aug 1-4. Home of @seen_journal and @manylumens. blackstarfest.org Philadelphia, USA Joined June 2012-
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This Thursday at 6PM! Free RSVP: blackstarfest.org/events/screeni…
This Thursday at 6PM! Free RSVP: blackstarfest.org/events/screeni…
Join us this Thursday, April 25 at 6PM for an exclusive advance screening of POWER, a new documentary that traces the accumulation of money, consolidation of power, and the nearly unrestricted bipartisan support for policing institutions. Register here: blackstar.eventive.org/schedule/660da…
We're been reflecting on the vibrant legacy of Faith Ringgold. Among her many accomplishments, she co-founded Where We At, a collective for Black Women Artists with Kay Brown & Dindga McCannon. Read more about it in this 2022 interview with Dindga: blackstarfest.org/seen/read/obse…
We are geeked to be on @moviemakermag's 50 festivals worth the entry fee list again this year! Check out the amazing fests featured: moviemaker.com/50-film-festiv…
BIG CONGRATS to the BlackStar Alumni 2024 Guggenheim Fellows! 🍾🌟 Deborah Thomas Loira Limbal @DJLaylo Jessica Beshir Garrett Bradley @gbradleyfilms Crystal Kayiza gf.org/announcements/
We have just opened up applications for our 2024 BlackStar Pitch! Apply to pitch your short film to a panel of judges for the chance to win our largest prize to date: $75,000 cash, mentorship from Multitude films, feedback from us & passes to @CamdenIFF! blackstarfest.org/festival/pitch/
Heads up! Today is the last day to submit to #BSFF24📽️ blackstarfest.org/festival/submi…
Heads up! Today is the last day to submit to #BSFF24📽️ blackstarfest.org/festival/submi…
In an essay on archival impulses for #Seen002, writer Tzutzumatzin Soto ponders autonomous storytelling practices and the meaning of the archived image. blackstarfest.org/seen/read/issu…
A year ago I finished production on my Directorial debut, with my @BlackStarFest Fellowship experimental short, “All That’s Left,” (2023). Director/DP: 👋🏾 Producer: @slminspired
Submissions for #BSFF24 close on Monday! Don't miss this chance to screen alongside some of today's best indie filmmakers! Learn more and submit: blackstarfest.org/festival/submi…
Our collab event during #WomensHistoryMonth w/ @BlackStarFest & @GPFO feat SIFTer @bettina_esc film TONIGHT, WE EAT FLOWERS & her post discussion: "Fall in Love, Not in Line: The Subversive Power of Comedy & Romance in Film" Thanks @FederalDonuts
A powerful historical slingshot into the brutal power of Police in America - POWER #GreavesSeminar
Experiencing @jasonfitzroy work-in-process ‘The First Plantation’ is a spiritual investigation into the haunted legacy of the 13th smallest country in the world, its oversized and often-overlooked impact on modern history, & its undeniable claim for reparations 😮 #Greavesseminar
🎥Shout out to BlackStar @BlackStarFest for the wonderful 2024 William & Louise Greaves Filmmaker Seminar. The Seminar was in partnership with the Institute for Diversity in the Arts @IDAStanford. The presenters had interesting projects. I left with great ideas. #GreavesSeminar
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We are excited to share the return of our Philadelphia Filmmaker Lab, a year-long fellowship for Black, Brown & Indigenous filmmakers! The 2025 lab will provide participants with $50K in production funds and expert mentorship on their short films. Apply: blackstarfest.org/lab/
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We are excited to share the return of our Philadelphia Filmmaker Lab, a year-long fellowship for Black, Brown & Indigenous filmmakers! The 2025 lab will provide participants with $50K in production funds and expert mentorship on their short films. Apply: blackstarfest.org/lab/
Join us this Thursday, April 25 at 6PM for an exclusive advance screening of POWER, a new documentary that traces the accumulation of money, consolidation of power, and the nearly unrestricted bipartisan support for policing institutions. Register here: blackstar.eventive.org/schedule/660da…
We're been reflecting on the vibrant legacy of Faith Ringgold. Among her many accomplishments, she co-founded Where We At, a collective for Black Women Artists with Kay Brown & Dindga McCannon. Read more about it in this 2022 interview with Dindga: blackstarfest.org/seen/read/obse…
In an essay on archival impulses for #Seen002, writer Tzutzumatzin Soto ponders autonomous storytelling practices and the meaning of the archived image. blackstarfest.org/seen/read/issu…
A year ago I finished production on my Directorial debut, with my @BlackStarFest Fellowship experimental short, “All That’s Left,” (2023). Director/DP: 👋🏾 Producer: @slminspired
Our collab event during #WomensHistoryMonth w/ @BlackStarFest & @GPFO feat SIFTer @bettina_esc film TONIGHT, WE EAT FLOWERS & her post discussion: "Fall in Love, Not in Line: The Subversive Power of Comedy & Romance in Film" Thanks @FederalDonuts
A powerful historical slingshot into the brutal power of Police in America - POWER #GreavesSeminar
Experiencing @jasonfitzroy work-in-process ‘The First Plantation’ is a spiritual investigation into the haunted legacy of the 13th smallest country in the world, its oversized and often-overlooked impact on modern history, & its undeniable claim for reparations 😮 #Greavesseminar
🎥Shout out to BlackStar @BlackStarFest for the wonderful 2024 William & Louise Greaves Filmmaker Seminar. The Seminar was in partnership with the Institute for Diversity in the Arts @IDAStanford. The presenters had interesting projects. I left with great ideas. #GreavesSeminar
🎯🎯🎯 Saw Raven Jackson at @BlackStarFest seminar at Stanford this past weekend talk about this film and why it is the way it is. She called the scenes “portraits” and said there was only 60 pages for the script. She is brilliant and so gracious. Please watch this film, it’s 🔥
Since I'm still seeing lots of Black film chatter on the TL: All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, directed by Raven Jackson and one of thee best films of 2023, is available to rent from a lot of the major streamers for like $6. a24films.com/films/all-dirt…
Conversation with @ursulaliang at #greavesseminar #keepingitreal
First session at #GreavesSeminar by @BlackStarFest with @fistuptv @1living1 and @andresacediel
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Amplify the diverse voices shaping art and culture this Black History Month 🎬 Our latest blog spotlights the impactful work of @BlackStarFest (BSFF), showcasing the profound influence of Black, Brown, and Indigenous creativity on and off the screen: cannacontent.co/blackstar-film…
FREE Registration open for @siftmedia215 Screening & Discussion Fri. March 22, 2024 7pm @BlackStarFest @buildingbok a #WomensHistoryMonth event w/ @GPFO - siftmedia215.org/2024/02/26/bet… #TonightWeEatFlowers
SIFT's next event (3/22) will be a screening & discussion w/ SIFTer Bettina Escauriza @bettina_esc FALL IN LOVE, NOT IN LINE: The Subversive Power of Comedy & Romance in Film siftmedia215.org/2024/02/26/bet… partners @GPFO @BlackStarFest #WomensHistoryMonth
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TOMORROW NIGHT! Please join us @OffTheWall725 for the short film program INFINITE POSSIBILITIES, curated by @maorikarmael. This special program features some of the most dynamic Black women artists working in moving image today (all of whom are @BlackStarFest alum).
TOMORROW NIGHT (SATURDAY)! Please join us @OffTheWall725 for an encore presentation of INFINITE POSSIBILITIES, curated by @maorikarmael. This special program features some of the most dynamic Black women artists working in moving image today (all of whom are @BlackStarFest alum)