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The BlackStar Film Festival is an annual celebration of the visual and storytelling traditions of the African diaspora and of global communities of color, showcasing films by black, brown and indigenous people from around the world.

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RT @pillars_fund: Filmmaker @assuss talks with the @ChicagoReporter on her ongoing work to uncover the full story behind the FBI’s surveill…

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Congrats to our founder Maori Karmael Holmes on becoming a member of the AmDoc board! https://t.co/gBLA7Aq6GA

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  • We screened the Philadelphia premiere of @beingwatcheddoc at #BSFF18 and the film won the audience award for Favorite Documentary Feature. This Monday, Oct 14 at 10/9c it premieres on @PBS as part of the @povdocs series! ⠀⠀ -⠀⠀ When journalist Assia Boundaoui investigates rumors of surveillance in her Arab-American neighborhood in Chicago, she uncovers one of the largest FBI terrorism probes conducted before 9/11 and reveals its enduring impact on the community. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Dir. Assia Boundaoui ⠀⠀ .⠀⠀ .⠀⠀ .⠀⠀ #pbs #documentary #pov #muslimamerica
  • We screened @shahin.izadi’s “Ironwood,” at #BSFF17 and the film was a Best Narrative Feature nominee. Now you can watch it via @amazonprimevideo! ⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #indiefilm #indepedentfilm #filmmaking #setlife #movies #bmpcc #film #super16mm"
  • The women of @queenandslim: lead actress Jodie Turner-Smith (@jodieturnersmith), director Melina Matsoukas (@msmelina) and writer Lena Waithe (@lenawaithe).⠀ -⠀ @elleusa says, “The film is many things. It’s Bonnie and Clyde for the Black Lives Matter era; it’s a look at the power of black resilience and the spectacle of black death; it’s a timeless re-imagining of the blaxploitation genre. But in the end, it’s the best meditation on black romance in an impossibly long time.” ⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ 📷 Zoey Grossman ⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #lenawaite #melinamatsoukas #queenandslim #jodieturnersmith
  • We’re proud to be community partners with @phillyasianfilmfest. The Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival (PAAFF) returns to the city from November 7 to 17, 2019 with over 90 films, musical concerts, live theater performances by local Asian American and Pacific Islander artists, and an academic conference. This year’s program focuses on the Passage of Time - from reflections on the past to imaginations of the future within the Asian American movement. Visit paaff.org for more info!⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #reeldiversity #paaff #asianamerican #filmfestival
  • Now on view: #BackandSong. See the four-channel film installation co-created by Academy Award-nominated cinematographer #BradfordYoung and artist Elissa Blount Moorhead (@ebmoorhead) on Saturdays and Sundays through October 27 from 12-6 p.m. in the chapel at @GirardCollege. ⠀ -⠀ From the @hollywoodreporter: “Earlier this year, cinematographer Bradford Young was prepping Space Jam 2 for director #TerenceNance. When the latter was replaced by Malcolm D. Lee on the Warner Bros. sequel, Young also exited, leaving him time to invest in a passion project with Elissa Blount Moorhead — an interdisciplinary artist and curator who is a principal partner at TNEG film studios with cinematographers Arthur Jafa (Crooklyn) and Malik Sayeed (He Got Game).⠀ ⠀ A montage of everyday black family life at rest and on the move, Back and Song includes moments of transcendence and tranquility as well as alternative healing and body tuning through ritual, dance, sound therapy, meditation and well-being. Moorhead and Young's fourth collaboration, it was spurred by a 2016 study of 222 white medical students and residents that revealed nearly half of them believed black patients experience less pain than others.“⠀ -⠀ 📷 @philadelphiacontemporary
  • Repost via @tiff_net: ⠀ Groundbreaking director Euzhan Palcy discusses her debut feature SUGAR CANE ALLEY, and how the film “no one wanted to touch” went on to win five awards at Venice. ⠀ -⠀ See the full clip on @tiff_net’s IGTV channel.⠀ -⠀ #euzhanpalcy #sugarcanealley #womeninfilm #blackdirectors #blackwomendirect
  • @a24 has released a coffee table book about @bandrybarry’s Moonlight. The second edition is available for preorder on A24’s site. ⠀ -⠀ MOONLIGHT⠀ 8 x 11 in. / 224 pages ⠀ - Forward by Frank Ocean⠀ - Essay by Hilton Als ⠀ - Academy Award Acceptance speeches . . . #barryjenkins #moonlightmovie #mahershalaali #ashtonsanders #a24 #trevanterhodes #jharreljerome #naomieharris #janellemonae #andreholland
  • Repost via @lofficielusa:⠀ Equally at ease in the recording studio as she is inside the Guggenheim Museum, #Solange is an artistic hybrid who captivates the world with every project, from #WhenIGetHome to creative directing her own cover shoot for L’officiel’s Fall 2019 issue, where she discusses finding herself through performance and collaboration.⠀ Read her conversation with none other than @trinarockstarr at the link in bio @lofficielusa.