Accessibility Statement
BlackStar is building a liberatory world in which a vast spectrum of Black, Brown and Indigenous experiences is irresistibly celebrated in arts and culture. A core part of that worldbuilding is ensuring that all members of our community can safely and easily access it. In pursuit of that vision, BlackStar is actively working to increase the accessibility of our spaces in order to right the ignorances of our past and create an environment that is different from the one offered to us by greater society. In the wake of the many overlapping and converging public health crises, this work takes on even greater significance because we know that we keep us safe.
We are far from perfect stewards of accessibility and disability justice. As such, we implore you to make known to us any access needs or considerations not covered by this guide. Please email Akili Davis, BlackStar’s Program Associate and Festival Accessibility Coordinator at [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns not addressed here.
What Accommodations are Available?
Wheelchair Accessible Venues
Wheelchair accessibility at all venues.
ASL Interpretation
ASL interpretation at all public events (e.g. panels and post-screening Q&As)
We recommend sitting near the front of the stage for the best view of the onstage interpreter. For folks who don’t need ASL interpretation, please leave these seats open for attendees who need to utilize the service.
Open Captions
Open captions or subtitles in all in-person film screenings
Closed Captions
Closed captions in virtual film screenings
Audio Description
Audio description using audio listening devices at designated in-person and virtual film screenings.
Please visit the info desk to check out an audio description device for your screening at least 15 minutes before the start time. The device must be returned immediately following the screening.
Quiet Space
A quiet space, located upstairs in the Kimmel Center.
Accessible Seating
Accessible seating options
Parent Rooms
Designated parent rooms (also known as lactation rooms) at multiple venues.
Accessibility Guide
Abbreviated accessibility information in a printed takeaway
Trigger Warnings
Flashing Lights
barrunto
33:04, 38:06-38:15, 45:33, 47:12
The Battle of Empty Stomachs (in Statism)
16:52-18:50
Bisagras (in Bilocation)
5:37
Dis-Ease
02:47-03:26, 31:09-31:32, 51:07-51.49
Farmers of the Sea (in Anthropogenic)
03:53-04:08
Fractal (in Extrasensory)
07:37-08:56
Mahdi Amel in Gaza (in Envisages)
01:51, 05:39
Two Sun (in Anima)
02:32-02:40
Content Warnings
Amma’s Pride (in Indomitable)
References to domestic violence
The Archive: Queer Nigerians (in Bilocation)
Discussion of police violence, religious violence
Boat People (in Statism)
Depictions of state-sanctioned medical abuse
Fractal (in Extrasensory)
References to police violence
Life is Beautiful
Discussion and depictions of war and Palestinian genocide
A Mother Apart
Some discussion of child sexual abuse
Our Land, Our Freedom
Discussion and graphic depictions of civil war and Mau Mau genocide
Post Trauma (in Statism)
Graphic depictions of Palestinian genocide
Ship of Fools (in Spillikin)
Distressing scenes of pica.
Son of Samoa (in Envisages)
Discussion of self harm
Standing Above the Clouds
Discussion of suicide
Twice Into Oblivion
Descriptions of ethnic cleansing and massacres; anti-Blackness
Two Refusals (Would We Recognize Ourselves Unbroken?) (in Extant)
Discussion and depictions of colonial violence
Zanatany, When Soulless Shrouds Whisper (in Extant)
Discussion and graphic recreations of ethnic cleansing.
