Seen is a journal of film, art, and visual culture, dedicated to platforming nuanced and rigorous writing by and about Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities globally.
We are published in print twice per year by BlackStar Projects, home of the annual BlackStar Film Festival.
Staff
Heidi Saman Editor-in-Chief
Raquel Hazell Art Director
Akili Z. Davis Associate Editor
Camille Acker Reviews & Features Editor
Kavita Rajanna Essays Editor
Yasmine Espert Interviews & Profiles Editor
Shauna Swartz Copyeditor
Maori Karmael Holmes Founding Editor
Maori Karmael Holmes Publisher
BlackStar Projects Staff
Akili Z. Davis Operations Manager
Akua Maat Operations Manager
Autumn Faith Valdez Business Director
Catherine Lee Chief Operations Officer
Heidi Saman Program Director
Imran Siddiquee Chief Communications Officer
Jess Garz Development Consultant
Lendl Tellington Technical Producer
Leo Brooks Creative Director
Maori Karmael Holmes Chief Executive & Artistic Officer
Mariam Dembele Marketing Manager
Nehad Khader Festival Director
Nyla Daniel Program Manager
Pablo Alarcon Jr. Design Manager
Ritikaa Sudheer Seen Fellow
Sydney Alicia Rodriguez Program Manager
Terri Hall Engagement & Partnerships Director
Xenia Matthews Communications Coordinator
Zendra Shareef Administrative Coordinator
Advisory Board
Adam Piron Sundance Institute, COUSIN
Akiba Solomon
Gina Duncan
Greg Tate In Memoriam
Jeff Chang Race Forward
Louis Massiah Scribe Video Center
Negar Azimi Bidoun
Roya Rastegar American Cinematheque
Sally Singer
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We’re always looking for new opportunities to work with Black, Brown, and Indigenous writers who are thinking critically about film, art, and visual culture. Please reach out to [email protected] with “Pitch” in the subject line and allow up to two weeks for our response.
Contributors & Guest Editors
Fall 2025
- Out Soon
Featuring
Featuring Akili Z. Davis, André Holland, Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Bedatri Datta Choudhury, Clifford Prince King, Darol Olu Kae, Day Brièrre, Eman Mohammed, Erin Christovale, janera solomon, Jenny Yang, Kambole Campbell, Malick Welli, Martika Avalon, Maya S. Cade, Mehret Mandefro, Murtada Elfadl, Nicole G. Young, Raina Lampkins-Fielder, Raquel Hazell, Rashida Bumbray, Sanford Biggers, Sophie Douala, Yance Ford.
Spring 2025
- Out Now
Featuring
Guest Edited by Sky Hopinka. Featuring Adebunmi Gbadebo, Aisha Harris, Akili Z. Davis, Beandrea July, David McDowell, Fox Maxy, Majid Bita, Imran Siddiquee, Meghana Kandlur, Murtada Elfadl, Nadine Fattaleh, Najha Zigbi-Johnson, Pola Maneli, Yasmine El Rashidi
Fall/Winter 2024
- Out Now
Featuring
Guest Edited by Ja’Tovia Gary. Featuring Amanda Whitehurst, Amarie Gipson, Andy Jackson, Anisia Uzeyman, Bridgett M. Davis, Charisse Weston, Hanna Phifer, Heidi Saman, Hugh Hayden, J Wortham, Ja’Tovia Gary, Jasmin Hernandez, Jomo Fray, Joy James, Kaitlyn Greenidge, Kelli Weston, LaMonda H. Stallings, Louis Massiah, Meghana Kandlur, Naima Green, Pearl Bowser, Raquel Hazell, Robert Pruitt, Roche Cruchon, Shannon Baker Davis, Terilyn Shropshire, Yasmine El Rashidi, Zoë Greggs.
Fall/Winter 2023
- Out Now
Featuring
Featuring A. E. Hunt, Abigail Lucien, Brandon Thomas Brown, Camille Bacon, Charles Gaines, Clarkisha Kent, Colman Domingo, Danielle Deadwyler, Danielle A. Jackson, Dessane Lopez Cassell, Farrah Rahaman, Fatima Jamal, Flordalis Espinal, Ifeanyi Awachie, Isabelia Herrera, Ja’Tovia Gary, James Ijames, Jasmin Hernandez, Jenée-Daria Strand, Jesús Hilario-Reyes, José Ibarra Rizo, June Givanni, Kambole Campbell, Kelli Weston, Lily Gladstone, Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich, Raquel Hazell, Simran Hans, Tre Johnson, Yasmina Price, Yume Murphy.
Winter 2023
- The Dreams Issue Sold Out
Featuring
Featuring Anaïs Duplan, Aurella Yussuf, Beandrea July, Cauleen Smith, Clarkisha Kent, Deborah Anzinger, Dessane Lopez Cassell, Flordalis Espinal, Ifeanyi Awachie, Iris Torres-Gatherer, Isabel Ling, Jasmin Hernandez, Kambole Campbell, Kareem Reid, Kenny Rivero, Lakshmi Padmanabhan, Lizania Cruz, Lou Cornum, Rashida Bumbray, Rianna Jade Parker, Rohini Kejriwal, Widline Cadet, Xia Gordon.
Summer 2022
- Out Now
Featuring
Guest Edited by Darol Olu Kae. Featuring Alia Swastika, Beandrea July, Bedatri Choudhury, bell hooks, Camae Ayewa, Darol Olu Kae, Deborah Thomas, Elizabeth Mendez-Berry, Jasmine Weber, Jeff Chang, Jenzia Burgos, Mahasen Nasser-Eldin, Poulomi Das, Sky Hopinka, Yume Murphy, Zeba Blay, Zoé Samudzi.
Fall 2021
- Out Now
Featuring
Guest Edited by Darol Olu Kae. Featuring Abby Sun, Akinola Davies Jr, Amir George, Cassie da Costa, Jeff Chang, Jessica Lynne, Jonathan Ali, Kojo Abudu, Leila Weefur, Lynnée Denise, Nuotama Bodomo, Omar Berrada, Philana Payton, ruth gebreyesus, Samia Labidi, and Suzi Analogue.
Spring 2021
- Out Now
Featuring
Guest Edited by Dessane Lopez Cassell. Featuring Astria Suparak, Beandrea July, Claire Tancons, D’Lo, Dixa Ramírez D’Oleo, Erin Christovale, Farrah Rahaman, Heitor Augusto, Imran Siddiquee, Janaína Oliveira, Jemma Desai, Jlin, Karas Lamb, Keisha Rae Witherspoon, Lakshmi Padmanabhan, Lendl Tellington, Luce Capco Lincoln, Maori Karmael Holmes, Meg Onli, Rachell Morillo, Razan Al-Salah, Terri Francis, Tzutzumatzin Soto.
Fall 2020
- Out Now
Featuring
Edited by Maori Karmael Holmes. Featuring Amy Sherald, Bing Liu, Darol Olu Kae, Elizabeth Méndez Berry, Emir Lewis, Erin Christovale, Heidi Saman, Heitor Augusto, Imran Siddiquee, Jemma Desai, Jheanelle Brown, Jon-Sesrie Goff, Juliana Feliciano Reyes, Maori Karmael Holmes, Nam Lee, Nehad Khader, Niela Orr, Racquel Gates, Roni Nicole Henderson, Sonya Childress, Susy Zepeda, Suzanne Kite, Xavier Palisades.
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