Explore films from Black X 2020
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Robin Cloud
A frustrated Black artist must rebel against their toxic day job in order to pursue their dreams.
DISPLACED
Danielle Thompson
Narce Guinto
As gentrification changes the landscape of Oakland, young people question their future in a city that is evolving
DRIP LIKE COFFEE
Anaiis Cisco
An intimate portrait of a Black woman whose desire for her female co-worker complicates her relationship with her boyfriend.
FINDING ELIJAH
Yolonda Johnson-Young
A mother grieves for her son in a haunting look at grief and its effects on the soul.
Screening in Discoveries
Saturday, 9/26 at 12PM PT
Screening in Finding Place
Sunday, 9/27 at 12PM PT
Screening in Legacies
Saturday, 9/26 at 5PM PT
Screening in Discoveries
Saturday, 9/26 at 12PM PT
FOMO
HOW TO BE WOKE
I LIVE HERE
I'LL FINISH WHEN I CAN
Zorine Truly
Zorine is forced to make a choice that could change her life forever. Does the risk of being yourself outweigh your fear of missing out?
Onyinye Alheri
Tune in for a special segment on WBS News as anchor Maya LeFaux gives satirical steps on, How to be Woke.
Shane T. Watson
After relocating to the Bay Area from the South, Stevie spends his first Saturday adjusting to his vibrant new environment and finding out that some things don't change, no matter where you are.
Cat Jones
This documentary follows the honest discovery of self as the filmmaker recounts the discovery of their adoption at the age of 24, and how that has shifted everything they know, have known, and will come to understand about themselves in time.
Friday, 9/25 at 5PM PT
Screening in Finding Place
Sunday, 9/27 at 12PM PT
Screening in Discoveries
Saturday, 9/26 at 12PM PT
Screening in Discoveries
Saturday, 9/26 at 12PM PT
LEGENDS
Luciana Caracas
Raquel Carabali
In Northern Cauca, community concils lead a momement to preserve the myths and legends that have long been passed down to each generation through oral traditions.
Screening in Legacies
Saturday, 9/26 at 5PM PT
ORIGIN OF HAIR
Carrie Hawks
An art film uses Black hair as an animated medium to illustrate a conceptual rendition of the origin of hair in homage to Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s legacy.
Screening in Discoveries
Saturday, 9/26 at 12PM PT
QUEERDO
Bianka Alexandria Bell
Queerdo illustrates the landscape of San Francisco for Dee, a resiliant nonbinary 17-year old runaway, as they find a community of chosen family.
Screening in Finding Place
Sunday, 9/27 at 12PM PT
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Naeema Jamilah Torres
Past meets present in this look at the struggles of marginalized people in the United States throughout its history.
Screening in Legacies
Saturday, 9/26 at 5PM PT
Sirius Lee: The Problematic Time Transplant
Theo Hollingsworth
Fox Nakai
Time travel, martial arts and electro-funk collide in this hilarious web series that explores just how little some things change.
SLIME TEAM
Puta Gang
Qing Qi
Pu Tang Clan
Black and Brown women gather for a slumber party where scenes in the racous form this poignent music video.
Friday, 9/25 at 5PM PT
Screening in Legacies
Saturday, 9/26 at 5PM PT
STATELESS
THIS BLACK
Michèle Stephenson
Through the grassroots campaign of electoral hopeful Rosa Iris, this documentary reveals the depths of racial hatred and institutionalized oppression that divide Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Sunday, 9/27 at 5PM PT
Cameron Thompkins
Three young black men struggle with identity, stereotypes and being seen.
Screening in Legacies
Saturday, 9/26 at 5PM PT
THIS IS FOR US
Shanel Edwards
A choreographed visual that centers Black Queer Femme radical joy and intimacy in our friend groups.
Screening in Legacies
Saturday, 9/26 at 5PM PT
WHEN I WRITE IT
Nico Opper
Shannon St. Aubin
Two Oakland teens explore what it means to be young, black and committed to making art in their rapidly changing city.
Screening in Finding Place
Sunday, 9/27 at 12PM PT
YOUR HAIR IS CUTE
Cintia Taylor
A poetic monologue on the subtleties of everyday racism experienced by Black women.
Screening in Discoveries
Saturday, 9/26 at 12PM PT