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by SiFTer LeAnne Lindsay, Editor
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BlackStar Projects, the premier organization celebrating visionary Black, Brown and Indigenous film and media artists, is thrilled to announce the selections for the 2024 BlackStar Film Festival.
This year’s festival will take place from August 1-4, 2024 at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, with additional screenings, parties and events at various venues across Philadelphia and corresponding virtual programming, marking the 13th annual celebration of the visual and storytelling traditions of Black, Brown and Indigenous people from around the world.
All access passes for the festival are available for purchase HERE; individual tickets for in-person and virtual screenings will go on sale in early July.
The 2024 BlackStar Film Festival is set to feature a total of 94 films representing 40 countries, including 16 world, 16 North American, 10 United States, 14 East Coast and 37 Philadelphia premieres. This year’s films engage with self-discovery, climate justice, immigrant rights, decolonization, and queer liberation.
Highlights from this year’s robust lineup include the world premiere of Darius Clark Monroe’s Dallas, 2019, a five-part series following multiple elected officials and their constituents, as a study in socialization; the United States premiere of Mohamed Jabaly’s Life is Beautiful, a powerful personal account of the use of storytelling to fight for rights as a Palestinian filmmaker; the North American premiere of Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich’s The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire, which follows a postpartum actress’ search for meaning in the writings of Martinique’s lost literary figure; and the world premiere of a new narrative feature film directed by Shatara Michelle Ford.
“The filmmakers in this year’s program are unafraid to meet the moment,” said Festival Director, Nehad Khader. “Their films speak to what matters most to our communities today and to a collective vision that another world is possible.”
SIFTMedia 215 is a Screening Partner for two blocks of Shorts – Discompose (Shorts) and Spillikin (Shorts)
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