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BlackStar Film Festival

Trailer for documentary "Uprooted - The Journey of Jazz Dance" directed by Khadifa Wong. Three woman dancing. https://vimeo.com/745606066

UPROOTED: THE JOURNEY OF JAZZ DANCE

Celebrating the African roots, history, lineage and future progressions of jazz dance through a social and political lens

Trailer for documentary "Warrior Women" directed by Christina D. King & Elizabeth A. Castle. Two women standing in front of car on grassland. https://vimeo.com/301097219

Mothers and daughters fighting for indigenous rights in the American Indian Movement

Trailer for documentary “UNSEEN” directed by Set Hernandez. A man in a black baseball cap and blue shirt. https://vimeo.com/884177216

An aspiring social worker, Pedro faces the uncertainty of life as a blind, undocumented immigrant

Trailer for documentary “HOW TO SUE THE KLAN" directed by John Beder. A black and white image, a man is questioned by reporters at a rally. https://vimeo.com/899415788

HOW TO SUE THE KLAN

Five Black women from Chattanooga used legal ingenuity to take on the Ku Klux Klan in a historic 1982 civil case, fighting to hold them accountable for their crimes and bring justice to their community

Trailer for documentary "Two Gods" directed by Zeshawn Ali. Man helping boy drill in casket. https://vimeo.com/552136320

A Muslim mortician uses the rituals of death to teach two young men how to live better lives

“Wisdom Gone Wild” directed by Rea Tajiri. Daughter presses her noes against her mother who is in hospice. https://vimeo.com/866122140

WISDOM GONE WILD

A vibrant tender cine-poem; a filmmaker collaborates with her Nisei mother as they confront the painful curious reality of wisdom ‘gone wild’ in the shadows of dementia

Trailer for the documentary "Our Land, Our Freedom" directed by Zippy Kimundu, A woman wearing a red and green shirt speaks into a microphone. https://vimeo.com/1102016731

OUR LAND, OUR FREEDOM

A Kenyan woman's search to find her father’s remains transforms into an investigation of British colonial atrocities and a grassroots movement to reclaim ancestral land

“MnM” directed by Twiggy Pucci Garçon. Close up of a person's face as they get their makeup done. https://vimeo.com/866972851

MnM - QUEER FUTURES

An exuberant portrait of chosen sisters Mermaid and Milan, two emerging runway divas in the drag ballroom community

Film trailer for the documentary 'DIS-EASE' directed by Mariam Ghani. With molecular structure graphic on a dark background. https://vimeo.com/1195767007

Science fictions, body politics - the real consequences of how we imagine disease

Widely recognized as a leading showcase for Black, Brown, and Indigenous filmmakers, the BlackStar Film Festival champions bold storytelling and diverse perspectives. These GOOD DOCS films have won awards and/or screened at this film festival.