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By Indie Means Necessary

The BlackStar Film Festival is an annual celebration of the visual and storytelling traditions of the African diaspora and of global communities of color, showcasing films by black, brown and indigenous people from around the world.

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  • ‪Excited for this year’s festival? Help support our eight festival and independent cinema by purchasing a ticket to our Spring Fundraiser! Your support will help us provide year-round programming, mount exhibits, and produce collaborative content and events with partners around the globe. In order to continue growing, we need as much help as possible. Invest in us. ‪ ——————————————————————————— 📅 Wednesday, May 22. 6-9 pm‬ ‪🍷 Wine and light refreshments will be served‬ 🎶 @lildave215 @rashidzakat @marissa_jv ——————————————————————————— 📍 @spaceandcompany ‪ 🎫‬ Book your tickets at link in bio @blackstarfest
  • Don’t miss “Assemblage,” an exhibition curated by @maorikarmael, on view @lpgallery until Friday, May 24. Assemblage features artistic collectives from around the country, exploring themes of disaster capitalism, Blackness, political solidarity and radical imagining. Works in the show include performance, video, costume, sculpture, photography, and documentary film. Come see the work of many BlackStar alum, including Arthur Jafa, Elissa Blount Moorhead, Terence Nance and Marie Alarcón among others. . . . 📍3401 Filbert St, Philadelphia 🎫 FREE 📅 Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Now available to rent or purchase (iTunes, Vimeo, Amazon, Google Play, Youtube & more) @tchaiko’s “Solace Film”. Synopsis: A 17 year-old orphan is shipped off to her estranged grandmother and she plots her escape while navigating a foreign environment, new friendships and a hidden eating disorder.⠀ ⠀ ————————————————————————⠀ ⠀ Reposting @solacefilm:⠀ ⠀ Awards:⠀ 🏆LA Film Festival 2018 LA Muse Special Jury Mention: Best Ensemble Cast⠀ 🏆New Orleans Film Festival 2018 Audience Award⠀ ⠀ Starring:⠀ Hope Olaide Wilson (@hopeolaide)⠀ Chelsea Tavares (@chelsearoycetavares)⠀ Luke Rampersad (@luku650)⠀ Glynn Turman ⠀ Lynn Whitfield (@mslynnwhitfield)⠀ Sydney Bennett (@syd)⠀ ⠀ Directed by Tchaiko Omawale (@tchaiko)⠀ Shot by Bruce Francis Cole (@brucefcole)⠀ Music by Meshell Ndegeocello (@officialmeshell)⠀ Produced by: ⠀ Tchaiko Omawale⠀ Hope Olaide Wilson⠀ Maya Emelle (@mayaemelle)⠀ Sophia Solomon⠀ Morgan R. Stiff (@sonrisalibre) & Lee V. Stiff⠀ Chelsea Peretti (@chelsanity)⠀ Kishori Rajan (@kishori_rajan)⠀ Burton Breznick⠀ Alexa Hall (@locally_lex)⠀ Yvette Nicole Brown (@yvettenicolebrown)⠀ Sabine Hoffman⠀ Sascha Brown Rice (@sascharice)⠀ ⠀ #TeamSolace #BlackGirlsHaveEatingDisordersToo #BlackGirlHood #BlackJoy"
  • #TBT to video artist and cinematographer and filmmaker @anamibia #ArthurJafa (Daughters of the Dust, Crooklyn, Happy Birthday Marsha!, Love is the message, the message is Death) and artist @asherald #AmySherald at the 2016 BlackStar Awards Gala at the @kimmelcenter.⠀ ⠀ Amy is currently working on a mural here in Philly. Visit @muralarts’ account for a sneak peek of the large scale mural that she’s working on on Sansom street. . . . 📷: @embassy730
  • Coming up as part of the @whitneymuseum Biennial: Observational Fictions (May 31–June 1) curated by our founder, @maorikarmael.⠀ ⠀ Observational Fictions is a two-day program at the #whitneybiennial featuring three transnational filmmakers working with themes of memory, mythology, history, and the representation of all three. ⠀ ⠀ 🎫 Tickets: $10 adults; $8 students⠀ ⠀ 🎬 Friday, May 31: Blurred Lines, presents Blitz Bazawule’s #theburialofkojo, a magic realist narrative about a young girl whose family breaks apart in the rush for gold in contemporary Ghana.⠀ ⠀ This screening will be followed by a conversation with @blitzambassador and Maori Karmael Holmes.⠀ ⠀ 🎥 Saturday, June 1: Breaking Ground, features films that utilize archival and original materials to examine American cultural histories, including four short documentary films on racquet sports by Darius Clark Monroe @daclamo—South Oxford (2019), All Iowa Lawn Tennis Club (2019), Maravilla (2019), and Serve (2019)—along with Jenn Nkiru’s @jennnkiru. BLACK TO TECHNO (2019), an experimental portrait of an exceedingly malleable global phenomenon.⠀ ⠀ This screening will be followed by a conversation with Darius Clark Monroe, Jenn Nkiru, and Maori Karmael Holmes.
  • Icons! #lupitanyongo #janellemonae #danaigurira #metgala
  • #JohnSingleton, the Oscar-nominated writer and director of Boyz N the Hood, was taken off life support Monday, 13 days after suffering a major stroke while at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles. Singleton’s debut film, Boyz N the Hood, remains one of the definitive movies of the 1990s. It led to Singleton’s nomination for two Oscars – Best Director and Best Original Screenplay – becoming the youngest filmmaker and first African American to be nominated in those categories. The film is now in the Library of Congress. #restinpower . . . Source: @deadline