2022 BlackStar Film Festival (Philadelphia)
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BlackStar Film Festival is an annual celebration of the visual and storytelling traditions of the African diaspora and of global Indigenous communities, showcasing films by Black, Brown and Indigenous artists from around the world.
2022 Schedule
Lingui, The Sacred Bonds
Feature Narrative
In-person event
Zellerbach Theater
Lingui, The Sacred Bonds
AUGUST 3RD 11:00 AM EDT
Also Streaming Online
Shorts: Revivify
Virtual event
Also Showing In-Person
Still Waters, Sunday Morning (Manhã de Domingo), The Ritual to Beauty, Tomorrow Is Another Day (Kesho Pia Ni Siku), Woman of the Earth (Mujer De Tierra)
AUGUST 3RD 12:00 PM EDT
Let the Little Light Shine
Feature Documentary
Virtual event
AUGUST 3RD 2:00 PM EDT
When a thriving, top-ranked Chicago African American elementary school is threatened to be closed and replaced by a new high …
The Passion of Remembrance (Film + Conversation)
Feature Narrative
In-person event
Zellerbach Theater
AUGUST 3RD 2:00 PM EDT
Shifting between real and mystic landscapes, Maureen Blackwood and Isaac Julien create a visual mosaic in The Passion of Remembrance to signify the complexity of the black British experience and the often-overlooked intersections between race, class, gender and sexuality.
Bonded
Feature Documentary
Virtual event
AUGUST 3RD 4:00 PM EDT
The film takes an ethnographic look into the life of a bonded labourer in a remote tribal village in central …
Panels
Seen with Dindga McCannon
AUGUST 3RD 5:00 PM EDT
Penn Museum
Join us for a special conversation with visual artist Dindga McCannon and Seen’s editor-in-chief, Dessane Lopez Cassell. A prolific, Philadelphia-based …
Shorts Programs
Shorts: Gather Me
Also Streaming Online
In-person event
Montgomery Theater
Barry the Beekeeper, For Love, Night, The Fourfold, Weidle’s, You Can Always Come Home
AUGUST 3RD 5:00 PM EDT
The Daily Jawn – Wednesday
Talk Show
Kingsley Ibeneche
Also Streaming Online
AUGUST 3RD 7:00 PM EDT
Our favorite daily show is back, this time in-person! Join us every night for The Daily Jawn, hosted by Maori Karmael Holmes and sidekick Rashid Zakat. There will be filmmakers, musical guests, games, and much more.
We Still Here / Nos Tenemos
Feature Documentary
Virtual event
AUGUST 3RD 8:00 PM EDT
In response to the government’s disregard and poor relief management during Hurricane Maria, young residents from Comerio, Puerto Rico activate …
Storming Caesars Palace
Feature Documentary
Also Streaming Online
In-person event
Zellerbach Theater
AUGUST 3RD 8:30 PM EDT
This film uplifts the story of Las Vegas activist Ruby Duncan and a band of ordinary mothers who launched one of the most extraordinary yet forgotten feminist, anti-poverty movements in U.S. history, providing a blueprint today for an equitable future.
Bartram’s Garden
Opening Night Party
Party
In-person event
AUGUST 3RD 9:30 PM EDT
Join us as we kick-off the festival in style with music, dancing, and more!
Yoga
In-person event
Drexel Square
Yoga (Ages 5+) With Yoga Warrior Tales
AUGUST 4TH 9:00 AM EDT
Kick off your days with morning yoga classes at Drexel Square. Adults and kids (ages 5+) are invited to join …
Shorts: Revivify
Still Waters, Sunday Morning (Manhã de Domingo), The Ritual to Beauty, Tomorrow Is Another Day (Kesho Pia Ni Siku), Woman of the Earth (Mujer De Tierra)
Also Streaming Online
View Shorts: Revivify
Shorts Programs
In-person event
Montgomery Theater
AUGUST 4TH 10:00 AM EDT
Storming Caesars Palace
AUGUST 4TH 10:00 AM EDT
Also Showing In-Person
View Storming Caesars Palace
Feature Documentary
Virtual event
This film uplifts the story of Las Vegas activist Ruby Duncan and a band of ordinary mothers who launched one …
Shorts: Sillage
Half-Day, Hoop Dreams, My Parents’ Bazaar (El Bazar De Mis Padres), One Magenta Afternoon, Quarantine Kids
AUGUST 4TH 11:00 AM EDT
The lingering memories that keep them alive. *Program suitable for children.
Panel: Childhood on Screen
AUGUST 4TH 1:00 PM EDT
Bring your young ones and join BlackStar for this special panel featuring young directors and actors, and the adults
One Take Grace
AUGUST 4TH 2:00 PM EDT
Feature Documentary
Eclectic cinematic portrait of Mothiba Grace Bapela (58), South African mother, grandmother, film & television actor, and former domestic worker
Shorts: Rising Tides
Foreign in a Domestic Sense, Freedom Hill, Freshwater
AUGUST 4TH 4:00 PM EDT
In response to human-made climate disasters. Presented by Center for Cultural Power and MediaJustice
Jasmine Is A Star
Feature Narrative
AUGUST 4TH 5:00 PM EDT
Jasmine Is A Star follows the journey of a determined 16-year-old with albinism (lack of pigment in the hair, skin, …)
Panels
Panel: Horror and Sound
AUGUST 4TH 5:00 PM EDT
Virtual
With Nikyatu, Tanerélle, Mario Gaoa, and Lisa Taouma; moderated by Sultana Isham Groans, shouts, murmurs, silence. The crescendo …
Talk Show
The Daily Jawn – Thursday
AUGUST 4TH 7:00 PM EDT
Our favorite daily show is back, this time in-person! Join us every night for The Daily Jawn, hosted by Maori Karmael Holmes and sidekick Rashid Zakat. There will be filmmakers, musical guests, games, and much more.
Teine Sā – The Ancient Ones
Feature Narrative
AUGUST 4TH 8:30 PM EDT
After centuries of slumber, the Teine Sā are evoked into the modern world by 5 women who call on these …
Yoga
Drexel Square
Yoga with Tracy Phoenix
AUGUST 5TH 9:00 AM EDT
Kick off your mornings with yoga classes at Drexel Square. This class is an all-levels friendly flow, however some light …
Shorts: Savvy
Shorts Programs
BODY LANGUAGE, Glitter Ain’t Gold, Losing Joy, The Town, Vortex, ᎤᏕᏲᏅ (What They’ve Been Taught)
AUGUST 5TH 10:00 AM EDT
From every experience, an education. Presented by Center for Cultural Power
Shorts: Savvy
Shorts Programs
BODY LANGUAGE, Glitter Ain’t Gold, Losing Joy, The Town, Vortex, ᎤᏕᏲᏅ (What They’ve Been Taught)
AUGUST 5TH 10:00 AM EDT
From every experience, an education. Presented by Center for Cultural Power
The African Desperate
Feature Narrative
AUGUST 5TH 11:00 AM EDT
Shorts: Pulsate
Shorts Programs
A Morsel of Love, Clones, Selahy (My Weapon), The Spirit God Gave Us, The Syed Xmas Eve Game Night
AUGUST 5TH 1:00 PM EDT
Panels
Workshop: From Reflection to Release: Uplifting a Values-Based Filmmaking Practice
AUGUST 5TH 1:00 PM EDT
What is a values-based filmmaking practice, and why is it important? Join the Documentary Accountability Working Group (DAWG) for a deep dive into healing-centered practices at all phases of production through release and impact. This interactive workshop will engage filmmakers in deep reflection, discussion, and planning for centering consent, care, and accountability in your work.
Aftershock
Feature Documentary
AUGUST 5TH 3:00 PM EDT
Following the preventable deaths of their loved ones due to childbirth complications, two families galvanize activists, birth-workers and physicians to reckon with one of the most pressing American crises of our time – the US maternal health crisis.
Panels
Virtual event
Panel: Expressions of Spirit
AUGUST 5TH 5:00 PM EDT
With Ashon Crawley, Koko Selassie, Rashid Shabazz, Rashid Zakat, and Taylor Aldridge Black spiritual traditions are expansive and multitudinous.
Silent Beauty
Feature Documentary
AUGUST 5TH 5:00 PM EDT
Silent Beauty is a lyrical and sensitive autobiographical exploration of the filmmaker’s family history with child sexual abuse and a …
Party
First Friday! @ the Barnes featuring Blackalachia
AUGUST 5TH 6:00 PM EDT
Enjoy an evening of art, live music, cocktails, and light fare at our monthly First Friday! mixer. Presented in partnership …
Silent Beauty
Feature Documentary
AUGUST 5TH 6:00 PM EDT
Silent Beauty is a lyrical and sensitive autobiographical exploration of the filmmaker’s family history with child sexual abuse…
Blackalachia
Experimental
AUGUST 5TH 7:00 PM EDT
Blackalachia is a film by Moses Sumney featuring a live conceptual performance with a 7-piece band atop the Blue Ridge …
Talk Show
The Daily Jawn – Friday
AUGUST 5TH 7:00 PM EDT
Our favorite daily show is back, this time in-person! Join us every night for The Daily Jawn, hosted by Maori Karmael Holmes and sidekick Rashid Zakat. There will be filmmakers, musical guests, games, and much more.
Shorts: Locomote
Shorts Programs
Black Beauty, Conspiracy, Echolocation, Sub Eleven Seconds, The Season of Burning Things
AUGUST 5TH 8:00 PM EDT
Moving under one’s own power. Presented by Firelight Media, MediaJustice, and Temple University School of Theater, Film and Media …
Shorts: Locomote
Shorts Programs
Black Beauty, Conspiracy, Echolocation, Sub Eleven Seconds, The Season of Burning Things
AUGUST 5TH 8:30 PM EDT
Moving under one’s own power. Presented by Firelight Media and MediaJustice
Yoga
Drexel Square
Yoga For Creativity and Resilience with jean-jacques
AUGUST 6TH 9:00 AM EDT
Kick off your mornings with yoga classes at Drexel Square. Before the first film of the day, join jean-jacques …
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
Feature Documentary
AUGUST 6TH 10:00 AM EDT
Told by those who were on the frontlines in 1960s Alabama, After Selma recounts the courageous campaign of citizens and …
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
Feature Documentary
AUGUST 6TH 10:00 AM EDT
Told by those who were on the frontlines in 1960s Alabama, After Selma recounts the courageous campaign of citizens and …
Shorts: Effectuate
Shorts Programs
Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Apprentice, NIGHT SHIFT, PATTY vs. PATTY, Strictly Two Wheel, The Panola Project
AUGUST 6TH 11:00 AM EDT
The rewards of our work.
Shorts: Effectuate
Shorts Programs
Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Apprentice, NIGHT SHIFT, PATTY vs. PATTY, Strictly Two Wheel, The Panola Project
AUGUST 6TH 12:00 PM EDT
The rewards of our work.
Panels
Many Lumens: Mira Nair and Maori Karmael Holmes
AUGUST 6TH 1:00 PM EDT
This special episode of BlackStar’s signature podcast, Many Lumens, celebrates the brilliance of 2022 Richard Nichols Luminary Award recipient Mira …
Shorts: Observer Effect
Shorts Programs
By Water, My Saints Recognize Your Saints (Meus Santos Saúdam Teus Santos), OUT / SIDE OF TIME, Show Me Other Places, The Fire This Time, The Game God(S)
AUGUST 6TH 1:00 PM EDT
Affecting by bearing witness. Presented by Scattergood Foundation and WORLD Channel
Shorts: Observer Effect
Shorts Programs
By Water, My Saints Recognize Your Saints (Meus Santos Saúdam Teus Santos), OUT / SIDE OF TIME, Show Me Other Places, The Fire This Time, The Game God(S)
AUGUST 6TH 2:00 PM EDT
Affecting by bearing witness. Presented by Scattergood Foundation and WORLD Channel
WISDOM GONE WILD
Feature Documentary
AUGUST 6TH 3:00 PM EDT
An immersive meditation on elder consciousness and the act of caregiving a parent with dementia, filmmaker Rea Tajiri weaves her …
Kash Kash
Feature Documentary
AUGUST 6TH 5:00 PM EDT
Above Beirut flies an unexpected bearer of hope: the pigeon game « Kash Hamam ». During the recent dystopian political collapse, we …
Talk Show
The Daily Jawn – Saturday
AUGUST 6TH 7:00 PM EDT
Our favorite daily show is back, this time in-person! Join us every night for The Daily Jawn, hosted by Maori Karmael Holmes and sidekick Rashid Zakat. There will be filmmakers, musical guests, games, and much more.
HAZING
Feature Documentary
AUGUST 6TH 8:00 PM EDT
Director Byron Hurt lifts the veil on a variety of underground hazing rituals that are abusive, and sometimes deadly.
Yoga
Drexel Square
Morning Glow Flow with Craig
AUGUST 7TH 9:00 AM EDT
Kick off your mornings with yoga classes at Drexel Square. Get excited to tap into your morning glow with Craig. …
Ãjãí: The Headball Game of the Myky and Manoki
Feature Documentary
AUGUST 7TH 10:00 AM EDT
Ãjãí is a fun game where only the players’ heads can touch the ball. This practice, shared by a few …
Shorts: Rising Tides
Shorts Programs
Foreign in a Domestic Sense, Freedom Hill, Freshwater
AUGUST 7TH 10:00 AM EDT
In response to human-made climate disasters.
Tug of War
Feature Narrative
AUGUST 7TH 11:00 AM EDT
A coming-of-age political love story set in the final years of British colonial Zanzibar. Denge, a young freedom fighter meets …
Panel: Disability Justice and Filmmaking
AUGUST 7TH 1:00 PM EDT
Join these visionary thinkers and cultural workers at the intersection of filmmaking and building a more accessible world.
Rewind & Play
Feature Documentary
AUGUST 7TH 1:00 PM EDT
The machine is on the move, holds the microphone without listening, marvels without seeing, makes as many stereotypes as images. …
Philadelphia Filmmaker Lab Films
Big Three, OURIKA!, The Love Machine, Tonight, We Eat Flowers
Short Narrative
AUGUST 7TH 3:00 PM EDT
World premiere of four short films produced in BlackStar’s Philadelphia Filmmaker Lab.
Panel: Loss, Grief, Legacy
AUGUST 7TH 5:00 PM EDT
Energy cannot be created or destroyed; it can just change shape. This chorus of kindred spirits reminds us that grief work is cultural work and gives us an opportunity to hold space for the recent transitions of Greg Tate, bell hooks, Michelle Materre, Gary Smalls, and Lewis Erskine among so many others.
Shorts: Withstand
Shorts Programs
Another Story (with esperanza spalding), FORGOTTEN PARADISE: DREAM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER, Golden Jubilee, Men Nan Men, PIIKSI/HUIA (Bird), Pili Ka Moʻo
AUGUST 7TH 5:00 PM EDT
… the weight of time, the weight of power.
Talk Show
The Daily Jawn – Sunday
AUGUST 7TH 7:00 PM EDT
Our favorite daily show is back, this time in-person! Join us every night for The Daily Jawn, hosted by Maori Karmael Holmes and sidekick Rashid Zakat. There will be filmmakers, musical guests, games, and much more.
Mars One
Feature Narrative
AUGUST 7TH 8:00 PM EDT
The Martins family are optimistic dreamers, quietly leading their lives in the margins of a major Brazilian city following the …
Party
Closing Night Party
AUGUST 7TH 9:30 PM EDT
Read and download the official program guide for the 2022 festival.
COVID-19 Safety Protocols
Open
All festival attendees must show proof of vaccination and IDs at the door at all venues and for all indoor and outdoor in-person festival events. We would all like to do our part to keep our community safe and healthy. Please bring a physical or digital copy of your proof of vaccination, along with your valid ID. Upon checking vaccination status, you will receive a dated wristband so that you don’t have to show proof of vaccination again that day. We will be asking for your proof of vaccinations and IDs daily, and providing dated wristbands for the full day. Wearing masks is mandatory for all indoor venues, except briefly when eating and drinking; please be mindful of others and keep a distance. Mask wearing during outdoor events is optional but encouraged.
Medical Exemption: If vaccination is not possible, attendees must have a negative PCR test collected within 72 hours of any given event.
What access and benefits do I receive with a pass?
Open
Virtual pass holders receive:
Admission to all virtual screenings
Access to BlackStar Pitch Session
WEB
www.blackstarfest.org/festival/
2022 Schedule
Lingui, The Sacred Bonds
Feature Narrative
In-person event
Zellerbach Theater
Lingui, The Sacred Bonds
AUGUST 3RD 11:00 AM EDT
Also Streaming Online
Shorts: Revivify
Virtual event
Also Showing In-Person
Still Waters, Sunday Morning (Manhã de Domingo), The Ritual to Beauty, Tomorrow Is Another Day (Kesho Pia Ni Siku), Woman of the Earth (Mujer De Tierra)
AUGUST 3RD 12:00 PM EDT
Let the Little Light Shine
Feature Documentary
Virtual event
AUGUST 3RD 2:00 PM EDT
When a thriving, top-ranked Chicago African American elementary school is threatened to be closed and replaced by a new high …
The Passion of Remembrance (Film + Conversation)
Feature Narrative
In-person event
Zellerbach Theater
AUGUST 3RD 2:00 PM EDT
Shifting between real and mystic landscapes, Maureen Blackwood and Isaac Julien create a visual mosaic in The Passion of Remembrance to signify the complexity of the black British experience and the often-overlooked intersections between race, class, gender and sexuality.
Bonded
Feature Documentary
Virtual event
AUGUST 3RD 4:00 PM EDT
The film takes an ethnographic look into the life of a bonded labourer in a remote tribal village in central …
Panels
Seen with Dindga McCannon
AUGUST 3RD 5:00 PM EDT
Penn Museum
Join us for a special conversation with visual artist Dindga McCannon and Seen’s editor-in-chief, Dessane Lopez Cassell. A prolific, Philadelphia-based …
Shorts Programs
Shorts: Gather Me
Also Streaming Online
In-person event
Montgomery Theater
Barry the Beekeeper, For Love, Night, The Fourfold, Weidle’s, You Can Always Come Home
AUGUST 3RD 5:00 PM EDT
The Daily Jawn – Wednesday
Talk Show
Kingsley Ibeneche
Also Streaming Online
AUGUST 3RD 7:00 PM EDT
Our favorite daily show is back, this time in-person! Join us every night for The Daily Jawn, hosted by Maori Karmael Holmes and sidekick Rashid Zakat. There will be filmmakers, musical guests, games, and much more.
We Still Here / Nos Tenemos
Feature Documentary
Virtual event
AUGUST 3RD 8:00 PM EDT
In response to the government’s disregard and poor relief management during Hurricane Maria, young residents from Comerio, Puerto Rico activate …
Storming Caesars Palace
Feature Documentary
Also Streaming Online
In-person event
Zellerbach Theater
AUGUST 3RD 8:30 PM EDT
This film uplifts the story of Las Vegas activist Ruby Duncan and a band of ordinary mothers who launched one of the most extraordinary yet forgotten feminist, anti-poverty movements in U.S. history, providing a blueprint today for an equitable future.
Bartram’s Garden
Opening Night Party
Party
In-person event
AUGUST 3RD 9:30 PM EDT
Join us as we kick-off the festival in style with music, dancing, and more!
Yoga
In-person event
Drexel Square
Yoga (Ages 5+) With Yoga Warrior Tales
AUGUST 4TH 9:00 AM EDT
Kick off your days with morning yoga classes at Drexel Square. Adults and kids (ages 5+) are invited to join …
Shorts: Revivify
Still Waters, Sunday Morning (Manhã de Domingo), The Ritual to Beauty, Tomorrow Is Another Day (Kesho Pia Ni Siku), Woman of the Earth (Mujer De Tierra)
Also Streaming Online
View Shorts: Revivify
Shorts Programs
In-person event
Montgomery Theater
AUGUST 4TH 10:00 AM EDT
Storming Caesars Palace
AUGUST 4TH 10:00 AM EDT
Also Showing In-Person
View Storming Caesars Palace
Feature Documentary
Virtual event
This film uplifts the story of Las Vegas activist Ruby Duncan and a band of ordinary mothers who launched one …
Shorts: Sillage
Half-Day, Hoop Dreams, My Parents’ Bazaar (El Bazar De Mis Padres), One Magenta Afternoon, Quarantine Kids
AUGUST 4TH 11:00 AM EDT
The lingering memories that keep them alive. *Program suitable for children.
Panel: Childhood on Screen
AUGUST 4TH 1:00 PM EDT
Bring your young ones and join BlackStar for this special panel featuring young directors and actors, and the adults
One Take Grace
AUGUST 4TH 2:00 PM EDT
Feature Documentary
Eclectic cinematic portrait of Mothiba Grace Bapela (58), South African mother, grandmother, film & television actor, and former domestic worker
Shorts: Rising Tides
Foreign in a Domestic Sense, Freedom Hill, Freshwater
AUGUST 4TH 4:00 PM EDT
In response to human-made climate disasters. Presented by Center for Cultural Power and MediaJustice
Jasmine Is A Star
Feature Narrative
AUGUST 4TH 5:00 PM EDT
Jasmine Is A Star follows the journey of a determined 16-year-old with albinism (lack of pigment in the hair, skin, …)
Panels
Panel: Horror and Sound
AUGUST 4TH 5:00 PM EDT
Virtual
With Nikyatu, Tanerélle, Mario Gaoa, and Lisa Taouma; moderated by Sultana Isham Groans, shouts, murmurs, silence. The crescendo …
Talk Show
The Daily Jawn – Thursday
AUGUST 4TH 7:00 PM EDT
Our favorite daily show is back, this time in-person! Join us every night for The Daily Jawn, hosted by Maori Karmael Holmes and sidekick Rashid Zakat. There will be filmmakers, musical guests, games, and much more.
Teine Sā – The Ancient Ones
Feature Narrative
AUGUST 4TH 8:30 PM EDT
After centuries of slumber, the Teine Sā are evoked into the modern world by 5 women who call on these …
Yoga
Drexel Square
Yoga with Tracy Phoenix
AUGUST 5TH 9:00 AM EDT
Kick off your mornings with yoga classes at Drexel Square. This class is an all-levels friendly flow, however some light …
Shorts: Savvy
Shorts Programs
BODY LANGUAGE, Glitter Ain’t Gold, Losing Joy, The Town, Vortex, ᎤᏕᏲᏅ (What They’ve Been Taught)
AUGUST 5TH 10:00 AM EDT
From every experience, an education. Presented by Center for Cultural Power
Shorts: Savvy
Shorts Programs
BODY LANGUAGE, Glitter Ain’t Gold, Losing Joy, The Town, Vortex, ᎤᏕᏲᏅ (What They’ve Been Taught)
AUGUST 5TH 10:00 AM EDT
From every experience, an education. Presented by Center for Cultural Power
The African Desperate
Feature Narrative
AUGUST 5TH 11:00 AM EDT
Shorts: Pulsate
Shorts Programs
A Morsel of Love, Clones, Selahy (My Weapon), The Spirit God Gave Us, The Syed Xmas Eve Game Night
AUGUST 5TH 1:00 PM EDT
Panels
Workshop: From Reflection to Release: Uplifting a Values-Based Filmmaking Practice
AUGUST 5TH 1:00 PM EDT
What is a values-based filmmaking practice, and why is it important? Join the Documentary Accountability Working Group (DAWG) for a deep dive into healing-centered practices at all phases of production through release and impact. This interactive workshop will engage filmmakers in deep reflection, discussion, and planning for centering consent, care, and accountability in your work.
Aftershock
Feature Documentary
AUGUST 5TH 3:00 PM EDT
Following the preventable deaths of their loved ones due to childbirth complications, two families galvanize activists, birth-workers and physicians to reckon with one of the most pressing American crises of our time – the US maternal health crisis.
Panels
Virtual event
Panel: Expressions of Spirit
AUGUST 5TH 5:00 PM EDT
With Ashon Crawley, Koko Selassie, Rashid Shabazz, Rashid Zakat, and Taylor Aldridge Black spiritual traditions are expansive and multitudinous.
Silent Beauty
Feature Documentary
AUGUST 5TH 5:00 PM EDT
Silent Beauty is a lyrical and sensitive autobiographical exploration of the filmmaker’s family history with child sexual abuse and a …
Party
First Friday! @ the Barnes featuring Blackalachia
AUGUST 5TH 6:00 PM EDT
Enjoy an evening of art, live music, cocktails, and light fare at our monthly First Friday! mixer. Presented in partnership …
Silent Beauty
Feature Documentary
AUGUST 5TH 6:00 PM EDT
Silent Beauty is a lyrical and sensitive autobiographical exploration of the filmmaker’s family history with child sexual abuse…
Blackalachia
Experimental
AUGUST 5TH 7:00 PM EDT
Blackalachia is a film by Moses Sumney featuring a live conceptual performance with a 7-piece band atop the Blue Ridge …
Talk Show
The Daily Jawn – Friday
AUGUST 5TH 7:00 PM EDT
Our favorite daily show is back, this time in-person! Join us every night for The Daily Jawn, hosted by Maori Karmael Holmes and sidekick Rashid Zakat. There will be filmmakers, musical guests, games, and much more.
Shorts: Locomote
Shorts Programs
Black Beauty, Conspiracy, Echolocation, Sub Eleven Seconds, The Season of Burning Things
AUGUST 5TH 8:00 PM EDT
Moving under one’s own power. Presented by Firelight Media, MediaJustice, and Temple University School of Theater, Film and Media …
Shorts: Locomote
Shorts Programs
Black Beauty, Conspiracy, Echolocation, Sub Eleven Seconds, The Season of Burning Things
AUGUST 5TH 8:30 PM EDT
Moving under one’s own power. Presented by Firelight Media and MediaJustice
Yoga
Drexel Square
Yoga For Creativity and Resilience with jean-jacques
AUGUST 6TH 9:00 AM EDT
Kick off your mornings with yoga classes at Drexel Square. Before the first film of the day, join jean-jacques …
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
Feature Documentary
AUGUST 6TH 10:00 AM EDT
Told by those who were on the frontlines in 1960s Alabama, After Selma recounts the courageous campaign of citizens and …
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
Feature Documentary
AUGUST 6TH 10:00 AM EDT
Told by those who were on the frontlines in 1960s Alabama, After Selma recounts the courageous campaign of citizens and …
Shorts: Effectuate
Shorts Programs
Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Apprentice, NIGHT SHIFT, PATTY vs. PATTY, Strictly Two Wheel, The Panola Project
AUGUST 6TH 11:00 AM EDT
The rewards of our work.
Shorts: Effectuate
Shorts Programs
Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Apprentice, NIGHT SHIFT, PATTY vs. PATTY, Strictly Two Wheel, The Panola Project
AUGUST 6TH 12:00 PM EDT
The rewards of our work.
Panels
Many Lumens: Mira Nair and Maori Karmael Holmes
AUGUST 6TH 1:00 PM EDT
This special episode of BlackStar’s signature podcast, Many Lumens, celebrates the brilliance of 2022 Richard Nichols Luminary Award recipient Mira …
Shorts: Observer Effect
Shorts Programs
By Water, My Saints Recognize Your Saints (Meus Santos Saúdam Teus Santos), OUT / SIDE OF TIME, Show Me Other Places, The Fire This Time, The Game God(S)
AUGUST 6TH 1:00 PM EDT
Affecting by bearing witness. Presented by Scattergood Foundation and WORLD Channel
Shorts: Observer Effect
Shorts Programs
By Water, My Saints Recognize Your Saints (Meus Santos Saúdam Teus Santos), OUT / SIDE OF TIME, Show Me Other Places, The Fire This Time, The Game God(S)
AUGUST 6TH 2:00 PM EDT
Affecting by bearing witness. Presented by Scattergood Foundation and WORLD Channel
WISDOM GONE WILD
Feature Documentary
AUGUST 6TH 3:00 PM EDT
An immersive meditation on elder consciousness and the act of caregiving a parent with dementia, filmmaker Rea Tajiri weaves her …
Kash Kash
Feature Documentary
AUGUST 6TH 5:00 PM EDT
Above Beirut flies an unexpected bearer of hope: the pigeon game « Kash Hamam ». During the recent dystopian political collapse, we …
Talk Show
The Daily Jawn – Saturday
AUGUST 6TH 7:00 PM EDT
Our favorite daily show is back, this time in-person! Join us every night for The Daily Jawn, hosted by Maori Karmael Holmes and sidekick Rashid Zakat. There will be filmmakers, musical guests, games, and much more.
HAZING
Feature Documentary
AUGUST 6TH 8:00 PM EDT
Director Byron Hurt lifts the veil on a variety of underground hazing rituals that are abusive, and sometimes deadly.
Yoga
Drexel Square
Morning Glow Flow with Craig
AUGUST 7TH 9:00 AM EDT
Kick off your mornings with yoga classes at Drexel Square. Get excited to tap into your morning glow with Craig. …
Ãjãí: The Headball Game of the Myky and Manoki
Feature Documentary
AUGUST 7TH 10:00 AM EDT
Ãjãí is a fun game where only the players’ heads can touch the ball. This practice, shared by a few …
Shorts: Rising Tides
Shorts Programs
Foreign in a Domestic Sense, Freedom Hill, Freshwater
AUGUST 7TH 10:00 AM EDT
In response to human-made climate disasters.
Tug of War
Feature Narrative
AUGUST 7TH 11:00 AM EDT
A coming-of-age political love story set in the final years of British colonial Zanzibar. Denge, a young freedom fighter meets …
Panel: Disability Justice and Filmmaking
AUGUST 7TH 1:00 PM EDT
Join these visionary thinkers and cultural workers at the intersection of filmmaking and building a more accessible world.
Rewind & Play
Feature Documentary
AUGUST 7TH 1:00 PM EDT
The machine is on the move, holds the microphone without listening, marvels without seeing, makes as many stereotypes as images. …
Philadelphia Filmmaker Lab Films
Big Three, OURIKA!, The Love Machine, Tonight, We Eat Flowers
Short Narrative
AUGUST 7TH 3:00 PM EDT
World premiere of four short films produced in BlackStar’s Philadelphia Filmmaker Lab.
Panel: Loss, Grief, Legacy
AUGUST 7TH 5:00 PM EDT
Energy cannot be created or destroyed; it can just change shape. This chorus of kindred spirits reminds us that grief work is cultural work and gives us an opportunity to hold space for the recent transitions of Greg Tate, bell hooks, Michelle Materre, Gary Smalls, and Lewis Erskine among so many others.
Shorts: Withstand
Shorts Programs
Another Story (with esperanza spalding), FORGOTTEN PARADISE: DREAM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER, Golden Jubilee, Men Nan Men, PIIKSI/HUIA (Bird), Pili Ka Moʻo
AUGUST 7TH 5:00 PM EDT
… the weight of time, the weight of power.
Talk Show
The Daily Jawn – Sunday
AUGUST 7TH 7:00 PM EDT
Our favorite daily show is back, this time in-person! Join us every night for The Daily Jawn, hosted by Maori Karmael Holmes and sidekick Rashid Zakat. There will be filmmakers, musical guests, games, and much more.
Mars One
Feature Narrative
AUGUST 7TH 8:00 PM EDT
The Martins family are optimistic dreamers, quietly leading their lives in the margins of a major Brazilian city following the …
Party
Closing Night Party
AUGUST 7TH 9:30 PM EDT
Read and download the official program guide for the 2022 festival.
COVID-19 Safety Protocols
Open
All festival attendees must show proof of vaccination and IDs at the door at all venues and for all indoor and outdoor in-person festival events. We would all like to do our part to keep our community safe and healthy. Please bring a physical or digital copy of your proof of vaccination, along with your valid ID. Upon checking vaccination status, you will receive a dated wristband so that you don’t have to show proof of vaccination again that day. We will be asking for your proof of vaccinations and IDs daily, and providing dated wristbands for the full day. Wearing masks is mandatory for all indoor venues, except briefly when eating and drinking; please be mindful of others and keep a distance. Mask wearing during outdoor events is optional but encouraged.
Medical Exemption: If vaccination is not possible, attendees must have a negative PCR test collected within 72 hours of any given event.
What access and benefits do I receive with a pass?
Open
Virtual pass holders receive:
Admission to all virtual screenings
Access to BlackStar Pitch Session
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