Schedule

Schedule At-A-Glance Program Guide

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WEDNESDAY

August 19

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Event

BlackStar Pitch

12:00 PM ET


THURSDAY

August 20

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Morning Show

BlackStar Live!

9:15 AM ET
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Shorts Program

Gravitaxis

After Migration • Gulf • Harana • Rosa
10:00 AM ET
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Panel

Nonfiction Vernacular and Collaboration

Panelists: Amir George, Lyric R Cabral, Jazmin Jones, Kevin B Lee
Moderator: jeanelle augustin
12:00 PM ET
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Feature Documentary

maɬni – towards the ocean, towards the shore

1:30 PM ET
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Panel

Documentary at the End of the World

Panelists: Brit Hensel, cai thomas, Courtney Staton, Lan Nguyen
Moderator: Darian Henry
4:00 PM ET
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Shorts Program

Kindred

In Sudden Darkness • Wali & Zuri • Gossamer • Broken Bird • Clams Casino • Echoes of a Winter Sunshine
5:30 PM ET
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Feature Documentary

Unapologetic

7:30 PM ET
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Feature Narrative

Right Near the Beach

9:30 PM ET
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Party

Opening Night Party

DJ Jazzy Jeff
11:00 PM ET

FRIDAY

August 21

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Morning Show

BlackStar Live!

9:15 AM ET
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Shorts Program

Malaise

Address Unknown • KEON • Breathe (Neefso) • Behind The Mask (面具之下) • Black Lady Goddess
10:00 AM ET
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Panel

Troubling the Frame, Troubling the Terrain

Panelists: Razan Al-Salah, Adam Khalil, Kurt Otabenga Orderson, Sindhu Thirumalaisamy, Michèle Stephenson
Moderator: Nehad Khader
12:00 PM ET
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Feature Documentary

Coded Bias

1:30 PM ET
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Panel

Beyond the Status: Working with and Investing in Undocumented Creatives

Panelists: Vee Bravo, Iliana Perez, Sheila Quintana Aguilar, Armando Ibañez, Dilan Garcia Lopez
Moderator: Nicole- Solis Sison
4:00 PM ET
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Shorts Program

Refractive

The, Incredulity of Jacolby Satterwhite • ALLUMUAH • .srt • Photographer in Focus • Black Man in the Cosmos • Canada Park
5:30 PM ET
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Feature Documentary

Through the Night

Screens with: Tamales Y Tunas
7:00 PM ET
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Feature Documentary

Be Water

9:00 PM ET
Online and at The Philly Drive-In

SATURDAY

August 22

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Morning Show

BlackStar Live!

9:15 AM ET
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Feature Documentary

The Ancestors Live – 50 Years of Kùlú Mèlé African Dance & Drum Ensemble

Screens with: Afrikan Space Program • As Above • Braiding & Singing (a point)
10:00 AM ET
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Panel

Solidarity Is Not A Trend, Nor a Market Exchange

Panelists: Marcia Smith, Bhawin Suchak, Jemma Desai, Ben-Alex Dupris
Moderator: Sonya Childress
12:00 PM ET
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Feature Documentary

Landfall

1:30 PM ET
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Panel

Mothering and Laboring the Cinematic Revolution

Panelists: Loira Limbal, Natasha K Ngaiza, A-lan Holt, Roni Nicole Henderson-Day
Moderator: Dani McClain
4:00 PM ET
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Feature Documentary

ROCÍO

Screens with: Dear Nyakio
5:30 PM ET
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Shorts Program

Kinetic

Origin of Hair • In Hot Time • Legendary • Downstage • All that you Can’t Leave Behind • We Can’t Cop Cars Without Seeing Cop Cars
7:30 PM ET
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Feature Narrative

The Forty-Year-Old Version

9:00 PM ET
*At The Philly Drive-In

SUNDAY

August 23

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Morning Show

BlackStar Live!

9:15 AM ET
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Feature Documentary

A New Country

Screens with: We Are Free Because of Harriet Tubman
10:00 AM ET
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Feature Documentary

Daughters Of

Screens with: Wash Day
11:30 AM ET
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Shorts Program

The Grind

Nilā • The Deliverer • The Stain (Lakeh) • See You Next Time • COVER/AGE • Midnight Oil
1:30 PM ET
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Panel

Cultural Work In the Wake

Panelists: Cecilia Aldarondo, Iyabo Kwayana, Ruha Benjamin, Mark Gonzales, Mia Birdsong
Moderator: Sage Crump
4:00 PM ET
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Feature Documentary

Dark City Beneath the Beat

5:30 PM ET
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Feature Documentary

Nationtime – Gary

7:00 PM ET
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Feature Narrative

Miss Juneteenth

9:00 PM ET
*At The Philly Drive-In

MONDAY

August 24

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Morning Show

BlackStar Live!

9:15 AM ET
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Feature Documentary

Softie

10:00 AM ET
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Feature Documentary

Pier Kids

1:30 PM ET
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Conversation

Still Processing The Forty-Year-Old Version

Featuring: Wesley Morris, Jenna Wortham, Radha Blank
4:00 PM ET
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Shorts Program

Solvent of Life

In Vitro (al Mukhtabar) • Brown Bodies in a Far Away Sea • The Lake and The Lake (Kere mattu Kere) • By Way of Canarsie
5:30 PM ET
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Shorts Program

Chronicles

Man of the People • My Love, Ethiopia (Yene Fikir, Ethiopia) • Zero Zero • You Hide Me • I’m Free Now You’re Free • The Day the Sun Died
7:30 PM ET
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Feature Documentary

TIME

9:30 PM ET

TUESDAY

August 25

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Morning Show

BlackStar Live!

9:15 AM ET
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Feature Documentary

Making Sweet Tea

10:00 AM ET
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Conversation

Cinematography Roundtable: Eric Branco, Michael Fernandez and Shawn Peters

12:00 PM ET
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Feature Documentary

Down a Dark Stairwell

1:30 PM ET
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Conversation

Madeline Anderson in conversation with Louis Massiah and Michelle Materre

4:00 PM ET
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Shorts Program

Process

The Giverny Document • A Song About Love • How to Make A Flower • Partial Differential
5:30 PM ET
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Shorts Program

Nimbus

Black Boy Joy • The Heart Still Hums • Safe Among Stars (安全在星中) • A Mother • Our Largest • I ran from it and was still in it
7:30 PM ET
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Experimental

A Day With Jerusa (Um Dia com Jerusa)

Screens with: AquaMarina
9:30 PM ET

WEDNESDAY

August 26

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Morning Show

BlackStar Live!

9:15 AM ET
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Feature Documentary

Two Gods

10:00 AM ET
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Panel

Intimate Histories: Archival Approaches in Time

Panelists: Garrett Bradley, Patrisse Cullors, Saidiya Hartman, and Imani Perry
Moderator: Maori Karmael Holmes
12:00 PM ET
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Feature Documentary

Stateless (Apátrida)

1:30 PM ET
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Conversation

Heidi Saman & Lulu Wang in Conversation

4:00 PM ET
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Shorts Program

Entanglements

tender • DVD & Chill • HONEYMOON • A Storybook Ending • It’s Snowing Outside • 1-800 Loveable
5:30 PM ET
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Feature Narrative

Farewell Amor

7:30 PM ET
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Party

Closing Night Party

Rich Medina
11:00 PM ET