BlackStar Film Festival

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Two Black men stand facing the viewer in a dark, blue-lit space. Donald Glover stands in the foreground, looking off frame, while LaKeith Stanfield stands in the background, with a hand framing his left eye.

‘Atlanta’ Is Back and Bold as Ever

by Tre Johnson

A still from After Sherman shows a Black person, their back to the camera, looking out at an expansive mountain range.

In After Sherman, Questions of Legacy Come to the Fore

by Kelli Weston

The camera looks up at a person smoking a cigarette while a plane flies overhead.

Out of Water

by Amir George

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 floats, as if falling down through the air, in front of a version of an American flag.

Emma Amos, They Weren’t Ready For You

by Rachell Morillo

A Black person is filmed from behind, holding their hair in both their hands.

ZONEZ

by Suzi Analogue