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BlackStar Film Festival Releases 2024 Lineup

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.

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BlackStar Joins Palestinian Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel

BlackStar remains in solidarity with the Palestinian people, their ongoing resistance to genocide and settler colonialism, and the global call for an immediate, sustained ceasefire.



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