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FESTIVALS: On the Radar — Where Black Filmmakers Should Be Winter 2025 to Spring 2026

Winter and early spring are brimming with film festivals seeking submissions from both novice and seasoned filmmakers. Whether you’re looking to get a “foot in the door” of the industry or ready to share your latest work, there are powerful platforms worth noting. Festivals like the American Black Film Festival…

FESTIVALS: On the Radar — Where Black Filmmakers Should Be Winter 2025 to Spring 2026
Winter and early spring are brimming with film festivals seeking submissions from both novice and seasoned filmmakers. Whether you’re looking to get a “foot in the door” of the industry or ready to share your latest work, there are powerful platforms worth noting. Festivals like the American Black Film... Read more
Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl: Julie Dash’s Celebration of Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor

Julie Dash is creating a documentary titled Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl, exploring the life of Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor, a culinary and cultural pioneer. The series showcases her journey from a Gullah Geechee community to global influence, emphasizing her contributions to food as a means of identity, resistance, and liberation.

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The Michelle Materre Collection
The Black Film Center & Archive (BFCA) presents a series of special programs celebrating its acquisition of the collection of renowned distributor, programmer, and educator Michelle Materre (1954–2022). Founded in 1981 at Indiana University, the BFCA is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and making accessible films and related materials by... Read more
Niyah’s Multiverse: Chicago’s Afrofuturist Lineage from Sun Ra to Adler Planetarium

“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved father, brother, partner and uncle Menelik Shabazz, age 67.

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Memorial: Menelik Shabazz 1952-2021

“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved father, brother, partner and uncle Menelik Shabazz, age 67.

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Our Skype Interview with Mandala Dube on his Netflix Release, Kalushi
BFMMAG.COM Interviews Mandla Dube about his new Netflix release Kalushi MANDLA DUBE SHORT BIOGRAPHY Internationally acclaimed and award winning Director, and Producer, MANDLA WALTER DUBE was born in Mabopane, North West of Tshwane. Mandla lectured cinematography at Wits Television and at Tshwane University of Technology. While lecturing, he consulted in both Cinematography... Read more
Africanias, the third film in an Afro-Mex trilogy
Africanias, the third film in the Afro-Mex triology directed by Rafael Rebollar Corona, provides insights into traditional Mexican festivals and dances that are inspired by African beliefs and aesthetics, first brought to the country by the enslaved.  Using some of the same videographic materials that were filmed for The... Read more