Festival Director Nehad Khader on Storytelling and Imagination’s Role in Liberation - BlackStar

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Festival Director Nehad Khader on Storytelling and Imagination’s Role in Liberation

July 23, 2024

Filmmaking — as evidenced by many of this year’s BlackStar films — can function as an intervention. A warning. An archive. And a mode of survival.

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A photo of five people sitting on stage at the Festival, speaking out to an audience, all laughing and smiling. The four people on the right, who are centered in the photo, are all Black.