Al-Bustan News
Festival Director Nehad Khader on Storytelling and Imagination’s Role in Liberation
Filmmaking — as evidenced by many of this year’s BlackStar films — can function as an intervention. A warning. An archive. And a mode of survival.
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Philadelphia Gay News
Highlights from BlackStar Lineup of LGBTQ+ Films
PGN explores and recommends LGBTQ+ features, documentaries and shorts in this year’s festival.
Announcement
BlackStar Hosts Press Preview at NeueHouse in New York
Attendees got a first look at the festival line-up and heard from participants, including Denée Benton, Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich, Zeba Blay, and Shatara Michelle Ford.
IndieWire
Dreams in Nightmares by Shatara Michelle Ford will open BlackStar in August
Shatara Michelle Ford highly anticipated sophomore feature — “Dreams in Nightmares” — following their Indie Spirit- and Gothams-nominated debut “Test Pattern,” will premiere as the opening night film on August 1.
Forbes
BlackStar Among Top Festivals in Accessibility Report
How Inaccessible Film Festivals Silence Disabled Voices In Cinema – New Research
Filmmaker Mag
BlackStar Releases Full Schedule and Ticket Info for 2024 Festival
Filmmaker Magazine highlights the full program release of the 2024 BlackStar Film Festival.
Press Release
BlackStar Announces Jury Nominated Films and Schedule
BlackStar Projects, the premier organization celebrating visionary Black, Brown and Indigenous film and media artists, is thrilled to release the full schedule of programs, jury and award nominees for the 2024 BlackStar Film Festival.
