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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

By Indie Means Necessary

BlackStar Projects, home of the annual BlackStar Film Festival, celebrates and provides platforms for visionary Black, Brown, and Indigenous artists.

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TONIGHT! Join us outside @ Eakins Oval for the fir

TONIGHT! Join us outside @ Eakins Oval for the first of four FREE outdoor screenings this week. Bring your friends, and your mask! There will be food trucks!⁠
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This evening we're showing Tracey Deer's BEANS, which is also available on our watch platform for the next 24 hours.⁠
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The screening is happening across from @philamuseum, where festival pass holders get a discount on admission all week! Instructions on activating this discount will be sent tomorrow to pass holders.⁠
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BlackStar @ Eakins Oval (All films start at 8 pm ET)⁠⁠
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AUG 4 ⁠⁠
Beans⁠⁠
dir. by @traceydeer ⁠⁠
In partnership with @metoomvmt⁠
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⁠AUG 5 ⁠⁠
Eyimofe (This is My Desire)⁠⁠
dir. by @nepahastakenlight & @chukoesiri ⁠⁠
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AUG 6 ⁠⁠
Shorts: Phototropism⁠⁠
Abundance, dir. by @scoutallen⁠⁠
⁠Gales. dir. by @ingredible__ & Tshay⁠⁠
⁠Friendzone L.A. dir. by @angelkristiwms (Director)⁠⁠
⁠I Like It Here dir. by @aka_tei (Director)⁠⁠
⁠The Price of Cheap Rent dir. by @amino_mae & @pocarinightsweats ⁠⁠
⁠Mercury Afrograde dir. by @enakaworld ⁠⁠
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AUG 7⁠⁠
⁠B*tchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James ⁠⁠
dir. by Sacha Jenkins⁠
Co-presented by @showtime⁠
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We've got four LIVE panels happening today! Head o

We've got four LIVE panels happening today! Head over to the link in our bio to stream the first of this week's conversations. ⁠⁠
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Glitch and the Moving Image: August 4 @ 2PM ET⁠⁠
Co-presented by @mediajustice ⁠⁠
With Legacy Russell, Cameron A. Granger, E. Jane and Jazmin Jones; moderated by Imran Siddiquee⁠⁠
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Nuotama Bodomo and Fox Maxy in Conversation With Tina Campt: August 4 @ 12 PM ET⁠⁠
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Composers Roundtable: August 4 @ 4 PM ET⁠⁠
With Sultana Isham, Jlin, Tamar-Kali, and Amanda Jones; moderated by Dave “DJ lil’ dave” Adams⁠⁠
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Sacha Jenkins in Conversation with Dyana Williams:⁠⁠
August 4 @ 6 PM ET⁠⁠
Co-presented by @showtime⁠⁠
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The 10th annual BlackStar Film Festival is officia

The 10th annual BlackStar Film Festival is officially underway! ⁠⁠
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We have a stacked lineup for you today, beginning right now with the Shorts Program "Duology," which will be available to stream for 24 hours. ⁠⁠
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Then join us for the first panel of the festival, "Nuotama Bodomo and Fox Maxy in Conversation With Tina Campt" at 12 pm ET.⁠⁠
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Plus the WORLD PREMIERE of STRENGTH (Ska´yaa), directed by Jorge Díaz Sánchez, a feature documentary about Indigenous kids in the Oaxaca highlands discovering their capacity to dream through basketball. Also at 12 pm ET and also available for 24 hours after its premiere time! ⁠⁠
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All streaming at watch.blackstarfest.org, as well as in the BlackStar Film Fest app, available on mobile and TV. Full schedule and tickets at the link in bio!⁠⁠
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#BlackStar10 #bsff21

Who's ready for BlackStar!? The 10th festival kick

The 10th BlackStar Film Festival starts tomorrow m

The 10th BlackStar Film Festival starts tomorrow morning! And everyone's talking about it. 😏 Have you got your tickets yet??⁠⁠
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"BlackStar is a place where new films are conceived." - Peter Crimmins, "BlackStar Film Festival Returns For Its 10th year," in @whyy⁠⁠
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"As It Turns 10, the BlackStar Film Festival Continues to Be More Than Just ‘the Black Sundance’" by Tambay Obenson for @IndieWire⁠⁠
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“A great strength of BlackStar’s is that it connects filmmakers with their ideal audiences —people whose experiences these films speak directly to—and that has always been very appealing both to audiences and to filmmakers.” - Maori Karmael Holmes, in @ThePhiladelphiaCitizen⁠⁠
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Read the WHYY article at the link and join us tomorrow for the first day of festivities! Tickets and passes available at the link too!⁠⁠
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#BlackStar10 #BSFF21⁠⁠
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Live w MISS PANAMA directors. MISS PANAMA director

Live w MISS PANAMA directors. MISS PANAMA directors Lamar Bailey Karamañites, Pascale Boucicaut, and David Felix Sutcliffe. Catch the film August 5 @ 4 PM ET as part of the Shorts: Physiography program online!

Tickets at the link in bio (or directly at blackstarfest.org/festival/events/shorts-physiography)

#BlackStar10 #BSFF21

We're excited to welcome Nuotama Bodomo (@motherto

We're excited to welcome Nuotama Bodomo (@mothertongue.mp4), Fox Maxy (@laurab1tch), and Tina Campt as part of our virtual #BSFF21 programming! You can watch their conversation, presented by @opensocietyfoundations, live on Facebook tomorrow at 12 PM ET. ⁠⁠
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"Nuotama Bodomo (Afronauts, Boneshaker, Everybody Dies!, Random Acts of Flyness) and Fox Maxy (San Diego, Maat Means Land, Watertight, Petroleum Jelly) invite us to repattern and relisten, to retune and reimagine the sensory experience through their works. Join these innovative and genre-bending artists in conversation with Tina Campt, Black feminist theorist of visual culture and contemporary art, as they discuss their practices of drawing from Indigenous sensibilities to break cinematic form and tap into ancestral ways of knowing and being in the creative process."⁠⁠
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Head to the link in our bio to RSVP or join us at watch.blackstarfest.org. All #BlackStar10 panels are free to watch, but you can purchase a festival pass to access 80 films online or through our app from August 4-8. ⁠⁠

#byindiemeansnecessary
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Live w/ director Blanche Akonchong. Conversation w

Live w/ director Blanche Akonchong. Conversation with the Director of “Mercury Afrograde” @enakaworld, by @lendltellington.

Screening August 6
In-person: 8pm @ Eakins Oval
Virtual: 10am @ watch.blackstarfest.org

#BSFF21 #BlackStar10

Join us for our last round of #BSFF21 IG Live inte

Join us for our last round of #BSFF21 IG Live interviews before this week's festival!⁠⁠
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At 12 PM EST, we'll be in conversation with director @enakaworld on the film "Mercury Afrograde" (@mercuryafrograde).⁠⁠
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Then, join us again at 4:30 as we speak with co-directors @lamar_iposa, Pascale Boucicaut, and David Felix Sutcliffe on their film "Miss Panama" (@misspanamafilm).⁠⁠
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You can catch "Mercury Afrograde" as a part of Shorts Program: Physiography on August 5 at 4 PM EST. "Miss Panama" will be screening on August 6 at 10 AM EST during Shorts Program: Phototropism.⁠⁠
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Head to the link in our bio to grab your #BlackStar10 tickets and join us LIVE today!⁠⁠
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