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BlackStar Festival Returns With 92 Films From Around the World

July 28, 2025

A film still from Lazy White Cows shows the face of a Brazilian girl with red braids from the perspective of her phone. The power off symbol can be seen at the top of the still. Her hand can be seen reaching to turn off her phone.
A film still from Lazy White Cows shows the face of a Brazilian girl with red braids from the perspective of her phone. The power off symbol can be seen at the top of the still. Her hand can be seen reaching to turn off her phone.

Asaph Luccas’s short “LWC (Lazy White Cows)” (2025), another highlight, tells the story of Ster, a young Black student at risk of being “cancelled” after she refers to a White classmate in disparaging terms.