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Art and Resilience Aligned at This Year’s BlackStar Film Festival

August 17, 2025

A film still from Budget Paradise shows a series of blue washing machines in a laundromat. The second to last washing machine door is open. The glass on the door blurs the face of a young person sitting on a stool with their back against the washer looking out into the distance.
A film still from Budget Paradise shows a series of blue washing machines in a laundromat. The second to last washing machine door is open. The glass on the door blurs the face of a young person sitting on a stool with their back against the washer looking out into the distance.

The festival’s 92 films from around the globe showcased cinema as a tool for experimentation, liberation, and resistance.