BlackStar Film Festival

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Essays

Two Black people sit inside a carriage, dressed in period attire. They both look out the window on the left pensively, the person on the far left - who wears a bonnet and floral dress - has their left hand on the right hand of the person on the right, who is wearing a red overcoat and appears to be portraying Frederick Douglass.

Shaping Time

by Leila Weefur

A Black person wears an astronaut suit (a clear globe around their head) in a black and white still.

Beyond The Colonial Camera

by Nuotama Bodomo

A young person looks out of a car window, seeming to be drinking a fast food drink from a straw, while in the reflection of the window we can see what she may be looking at — palm trees against the blue sky.

Waikīkī and Its Discontents

by Jeff Chang

A Black person emerges from the water shirtless, wearing a gold chain, their eyes closed.

The Inexpressively Expressive Cinematic Image

by Koyejo Abudu

Toward a Coalitional Identity

by Sonya Childress

Black and white still from the film "Your Children Come Back to You" shows a young girl with short braids. She raises her hands up and turns her palms towards the camera.

Rupture and Reparative Modes of Care from the Women of the LA Rebellion

by Jheanelle Brown