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Film Series

Love + Time Film Series

BlackStar-curated screenings co-presented with the Barnes Foundation and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, taking place across both venues this fall and winter.

A still from Exhibiting Forgiveness shows a couple sitting in front of a painting in a museum. The woman has her head leaned on the man's shoulder, they are both staring straight ahead with thoughtful expressions.
Screening

The Time is Always Now: Exhibiting Forgiveness

A special screening of Exhibiting Forgiveness (2024), Titus Kaphar’s first narrative feature film. The semi-autobiographical film follows Tarrell (André Holland), an artist attempting to overcome the trauma of his past through painting.

A still from In the Morning shows five Black people, they are are milling around and chatting with one another. Their outfits are 90s style.
Screening

All About Love: In the Morning

A screening of writer-director Nefertite Nguvu’s debut feature In the Morning, relates to the theme of femininity and offers an exploration of love, infidelity, and friendship with a focus on the interiority of Black women.

A still from Happy Birthday to a Beautiful Women shows a close-up of an older Black woman. She has a contemplative look on her face.
Screening

All About Love: Shorts (Kinship)

Kinship is the focus of today’s short films, which include Happy Birthday to a Beautiful Woman (2012), Mickalene Thomas’s directorial debut. These films explore the idea that what is past is also present and celebrate the art created by Black people across time.

A film still shows a chjild crouched inside a cave
Screening

Palestine Cinema Days: Infiltrators (2012)

The checkpoint is closed: “Detour, detour!” shouts a taxi driver, announcing the beginning of yet another uncertain search for a way around the barriers curtailing Palestinian movement in the West Bank.