BlackStar Film Festival

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Interviews

The camera looks up at a person smoking a cigarette while a plane flies overhead.

Out of Water

by Amir George

To Build a World That Is Not Traumatizing

by Omar Berrada

A still from She Paradise by Maya Cozier shows a Black person laying down and raising a finger to their lips while looking left, wearing a yellow-neon bikini top.

“As though there is no script”

by Jonathan Ali

A Black face is centered, with their eyes closed, while a number of other Black hands are touching, caressing, holding their face.

“The Voice I Sing Is an Echo”: The Power of Black Collectivity

by Philana Payton

An adult holds a baby in their arms, leaning over them to stare down into their eyes. The baby looks back up at them.

Present Continuous: An Interview with Wang Qiong

by Abby Sun

Image of a person standing in front of a large film camera on a film set. They wear a jean jacket and headscarf as they look at the camera.

Interviews Profiles

Defying the Note

by Niela Orr