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Aug 6th- Aug 9, 2026
The 15th Annual BlackStar Film Festival was held in Center City Philadelphia (Aug 6-9, 2026). What a milestone for founder Maori Karmael Holmes and her dedicated staff. It’s hard to believe I was there for the first one in 2012, not the entire festival, but I attended the conversation moderated by Scribe Video’s Louis Massiah (no gray hair in sight) interviewing Ava DuVernay, she had only done “Middle of Nowhere” at this point…
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