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Screenings
In-Person
Bisagras is a film that triangulates the journey of African slaves to America and draws a line that goes through my brown skin.
Directors Spotlight
![A picture of a man named Luis Arnias. He is wearing round army green glasses, and an open bright red coat lined with plaid inside. Underneath the coat is a black button down matching his jet-black short hair. He is against a geometrical brick background and is staring straight at the camera with a neutral expression.](https://wp.blackstarfest.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Experimental_Bisagras__Headshot_Luis-Arnias-scaled-e1719856195915-278x278.jpg)
Luis Arnías
Director
Luis Arnías is a filmmaker and artist from Venezuela who currently lives and works in Boston, MA. In 2009, he graduated from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and in 2020 he received his Masters in Film/Video from Milton Avery Graduate School at Bard College. His films have screened at MoMa Doc Fortnight, TIFF, Punto de Vista, New York Film Festival, Berlin Critics’ Week (Woche Der Kritik) and BlackStar Film Festival. He was a fellow at the FSC at Harvard University, the recipient of the Herb Alpert/MacDowell Fellowship 2022 and most recently 2023 Boston Artadia Awardee.
- Runtime 16 minutes
- Country United States, Senegal, Brazil
- Director Luis Arnías
- Premiere Philadelphia