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BlackStar (Virtual) Film Festival Coverage – August 20-26,2020
Originally Posted August 30, 2020 The 9th Annual BlackStar Film Festival (Aug. 20 to 26) in Philadelphia online due to COVID-19. Click images in Gallery to enlarge I’ve got to say, I enjoyed a Virtual Film Festival far, far more than I anticipated. I still felt as if I was attending an event. I liked that Blackstar Founder/Director Maori Karmael Holmes, Rashid Zakat, Rich Medina, Dr. Yaba Blay and Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter did a little Live Facebook show at 9am each day (presented by Color of Change), interviewing a filmmaker or guest with fun segments and reminding the audience of what was in store for the day. …
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Philly Welcomes BlackStarFilmFestival – A Conversation with Ava DuVernay
The BlackStar Film Festival took place August 2-5, 2012 in Philadelphia...
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SIFTMedia 215 GOOD GRIEF Film Project – July 31, 2024
SIFTMedia 215 Collective will screen 8 short films: GOOD GRIEF FILM PROJECT. These films stem from GRIEF, LOSS, AND GOOD GAINS: An Intensive Poetry Workshop w/ Ursula Rucker held in January 2024. 18 attendees worked with Ursula for 3 days to discuss, share and offer some healing around grief of all kinds. Culminating in the creation of Memoir Poetry…
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Philadelphia Film Critics Circle 2023 Winners
This was my 5th year being a voting member of THE PHILADELPHIA FILM CRITICS CIRCLE (PFCC). Check out the Winning Films. Thank you Philip's Steaks for Sponsoring!
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SUNDANCE 2023 Film Festival Coverage
#Sundance2023 has programmed 101 feature-length films representing 23 countries, World premieres make up 93%, of the Festival’s 99 feature films - 32 of 115 (28%) feature film directors who are first-time feature filmmakers, and 17 of the feature films and projects were supported by Sundance Institute in development through direct granting or residency labs. ..
