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Press Release

‘America ReFramed’ Announces Addition of BlackStar-supported film By Water

America ReFramed, the award-winning series produced by WORLD Channel and American Documentary, announced today the addition of the short film By …

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Press Release

BlackStar Projects Announces Dates and Opens Submissions for 2023 BlackStar Film Festival

Philadelphia, PA (January 10, 2023) –– BlackStar Projects––the premier organization celebrating visionary Black, Brown, and Indigenous film and media artists––is …

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A group photo of festival staff, year-round staff, and board taken at the conclusion of the 2021 BlackStar Film Festival. It shows the group huddle together and posing for the camera, which is slightly above the crowd. Most people are smiling widely and there are a number of bright colors worn. It is taken outside in the early evening.