Screenings

FILM SCREENINGS

2021-2022 Film Festivals and Special Private Screenings

(OFFICIAL SELECTION FOR FESTIVAL SCREENINGS AND SPECIAL PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL SCREENING EVENTS)

 

JUNE 2021

Paris International Film Awards – June 29, 2021 AWARD: Best Short Documentary Winner

 

AUGUST 2021

Robinson Film Awards (International Film Festival) – August 2021/May 7, 2022 – AWARD: Honorable Mention

The IndieFEST Film Awards – August 3, 2021 AWARD: Award of Merit Special Mention: African American Winner

Toronto International Women Film Festival (Toronto, Canada) – August 22, 2021

International Diversity Film Festival – August 25, 2021

World Film Carnival – Singapore (Singapore) – August 27, 2021 AWARD: Outstanding Achievement Award Winner

Hollywood South Urban Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia) (Virtual) – August 25, 2021 – August 29, 2021 AWARD: Best Short Documentary Winner

Idlewild International Film Festival (Idlewild, Michigan) – August 26, 2021 – September 7, 2021

 

SEPTEMBER 2021

Urban Film Festival (Miami, Florida) – September 3, 2021 – September 6, 2021 Nominee – Best Short Documentary

London Shorts (London, England) – September 3, 2021

London Film & TV Awards (London, England) – September 3, 2021 Nominee: Best Short Documentary

Golden Short Film Festival (Rome, Italy) – September 10, 2021/July 2022

Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival (Cleveland, Ohio) – September 9 – 17, 2021 AWARD: Outstanding Documentary Short Winner

Los Angeles Black Film Festival (Los Angeles, California – Virtual) – September 9, 2021

Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival (Los Angeles, California – Virtual) – September 12, 2021

Stockholm City Film Festival (Stockholm, Sweden) – September 12, 2021 AWARD: Best Short Documentary Winner

The Hollywood First-Time Filmmaker Showcase (Los Angeles, California – Virtual) – September 12, 2021

Montreal International Black Film Festival (Virtual and In-Person – Montreal, Quebec CANADA) – September 22, 2021 – October 3, 2021 AWARD: Jury’s Award – Best Documentary Short Winner

Detroit Black Film Festival (Detroit, Michigan) – September 23-26, 2021

Sunnyside Shorts International Film Festival 2021 (Sunnyside, Queens, New York) – September 25, 2021

Black Feedback Film Festival (Los Angeles, California) – September 26, 2021 AWARD: Best Film Winner

International Social Change Film Festival – CHANGEFEST (Virtual – Africa | North America | Asia | Europe | Australia | South America) – September 25, 2021 – November 7, 2021 (Weekends, Saturdays, and Sundays)

Paris Lift-Off Film Festival (Paris, France – Virtual) – September 30, 2021

SABIFF 2021 – San Antonio Black International Film Festival (San Antonio, Texas – Virtual) – September 30, 2021 – October 3, 2021 – AWARD: Best Documentary Short Winner

 

OCTOBER 2021

FLICKFAIR Film Festival (Virtual) – October 1 – 31, 2021

Focus International Film Festival – October 1, 2021

The RSF Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival – A Virtual Experience (Virtual) – October 6 – 10, 2021

Baltimore International Black Film Festival (Baltimore, Maryland) – October 6 – 10, 2021

BEYOND: The Cary Film Festival (Cary, North Carolina – In-Person) – October 7, 2021

Gary International Black Film Festival – (Gary, Indiana) October 8, 2021

Newark Short Film Awards (Newark, New Jersey) – October 8-9, 2021

Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival (Amsterdam, Netherlands) – October 10, 2021

Urban Mediamakers Festival (Fulton County, Georgia – Virtual) – October 11-24, 2021 AWARD: Best Social Impact Documentary Short Award Winner

Black Legacy Film Festival (Virtual) – October 17, 2021

Topaz Film Festival Presented by Women in Film Dallas (Dallas, Texas) – October 18-31, 2021 AWARD: Audience Choice Award Winner (Short Documentary Category)

Twin Cities Black Film Festival (Minneapolis, Minnesota) – October 21 – 24, 2021

Soul West Fest (Phoenix, Arizona) – October 22-24, 2021

Queens Underground International Black and Brown Film Festival – October (Queens, New York) – October 23, 2021 AWARD: Best Documentary Award Winner

New Haven International Film Festival (New Haven, Connecticut) – October 27, 2021 POSTPONED

 

NOVEMBER 2021

22nd African American Women in Cinema (AAWIC) Special Online Edition – November 4-6, 2021

Djarfogo International Film Festival (Fogo, Cape Verde West Africa) – November 9-13, 2021 AWARD: Honorable Mention

Visions of the Black Experience – Sarasota Film Festival (Sarasota, Florida) – November 12-21, 2021

The South African Independent Film Festival (Cape Town, South Africa) – November 24-30, 2021 Nominee: Best Documentary

Melbourne Lift-Off Film Festival (Melbourne, Australia) – November 22 – December 20, 2021

Sydney Lift-Off Film Festival (Sydney, Australia) – November 22 – December 20, 2021

 

DECEMBER 2021

London Lift-Off Film Festival (London, England) – December 1, 2021

Capital City Black Film Festival (Austin, Texas) – December 3-5, 2021 AWARD: Second Place, Best Documentary Short Winner; AWARD: Second Place, Amplify Award Winner

Norwalk Film Festival (Norwalk, Connecticut) – December 17-19, 2021

Kwanzaa Film Festival (Harlem, New York) VIRTUAL – December 26-31, 2021 AWARD: Nguzo Saba Award Winner

 

JANUARY 2022

Cannes Shorts (Cannes, France) – January 3, 2022 Nominee: Best Short Documentary; Nominee: Best First-Time Filmmaker

Dunedin International Film Festival (Dunedin, Florida) – January 13-16, 2022

Denton Black Film Festival (Denton, Texas) VIRTUAL – January 27-February 6, 2022 Finalist: Best Short Documentary; AWARD: Runner-Up: Best Short Documentary

 

FEBRUARY 2022

Black Film Festival Atlanta! (Atlanta, Georgia) VIRTUAL – February 1-6, 2022

Toronto Black Film Festival (Toronto, Ontario CANADA) VIRTUAL – February 16-21, 2022

Black Art & Film Festival (St. Petersburg, Florida) – February 24, 2022

Halifax Black Film Festival (Halifax, Nova Scotia CANADA) VIRTUAL – February 24-27, 2022

Broad St. Film Fest (Sugar Hill, Georgia) – February 26, 2022

Queens Underground International Black History Month Film Festival (Queens, New York) – February and April 2022

Special Private Screening – AccessLex Institute (West Chester, Pennsylvania) VIRTUAL – February 2022

 

MARCH 2022

Special Private Screening – Harvard University Graduate School of Education Alumni of Color Conference (Virtual) – March 4, 2022

Wake Forest Film Festival (Wake Forest, North Carolina) – March 4, 2022

Special Private Screening – 54th Annual National Black Law Students Association National Convention (Virtual) – March 17, 2022

Special Private Screening – National Black Law Students Association Pre-Law Symposium (Virtual) – March 19, 2022

The Black Film Summit (Naperville, Illinois) – March 18-19, 2022

Huntington Beach Cultural Cinema Showcase (Huntington Beach, Orange County, California) – March 24, 2022 – AWARDS: Best Documentary Film Winner; Jury Selection – Special Honor Winner

North Carolina Black Film Festival (Wilmington, North Carolina) – March 25-27, 2022 AWARD: Best Short Documentary Winner

Ottawa Black Film Festival (Ottawa, Ontario CANADA) – March 24-27, 2022

Black Film Festival of New Orleans (New Orleans, Louisiana) – March 25, 2022

 

APRIL 2022

Indie Movies Spark International Film Festival (Utrecht, Netherlands) – April 4, 2022 AWARD: Best Short Documentary Winner

Rhode Island Black Film Festival (Providence, Rhode Island) – April 6-10, 2022

University of Pittsburgh School of Law – Student of Color Visitation Day (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) – April 8, 2022

The Massachusetts Independent Film Festival (Worcester, Massachusetts) – April 14-16, 2022 AWARD: Best Massachusetts Short Documentary Winner

Boston International Film Festival (Boston, Massachusetts) – April 14-20, 2022 AWARD: Indie Spec Special Recognition Award Winner

Las Vegas Black Film Festival (Las Vegas, Nevada) – April 21-24, 2022 Nominee: Best Short Documentary

San Diego Black Film Festival (San Diego, California) – April 27, 2022 – May 1, 2022

Seattle Black Film Festival (Seattle, Washingt0n) – April 28, 2022 – May 1, 2022

 

MAY 2022

DocLands Documentary Film Festival/DocLands Education (San Rafael, California) – May 5-11, 2022

New York African Film Festival (NYAFF29) (New York, New York) – Maysles Cinema – May 19-22, 2022

Calgary Black Film Festival (Calgary, Alberta CANADA) – May 26-29, 2022

 

JUNE 2022

Special Private Screening – Law School Admission Council (LSAC) Annual Meeting (Aurora, Colorado) – June 1, 2022 and June 4, 2022

Greenwood Film Festival (Tulsa, Oklahoma) – June 8, 2022

The 20th Annual Women of African Descent Film Festival presented by The Brooklyn Chapter of The Links (Brooklyn, New York – Virtual) – June 11, 2022

San Francisco Black Film Festival (San Francisco, California) – June 16-19, 2022

The Film Collective. Short Film Festival (Virtual – Bensalem, Pennsylvania) – June 17-22, 2022

Filmteenth International Film Festival (Reston, Virginia) – June 18-20, 2022

Charlotte Black Film Festival (Charlotte, North Carolina) – June 23-26, 2022 (June 24 @ 12:30 PM)

Roxbury International Film Festival (Boston, Massachusetts) – June 23-July 2, 2022 (June 26 @ 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM)

 

JULY 2022

New York Lift-Off Film Festival – Virtual (New York, New York) – July 4, 2022 – August 1, 2022
The Micheaux Film Festival – Virtual (Los Angeles, California) – July 11-17, 2022
International Black & Diversity Film Festival – Festival and Award Presentation (Toronto, Ontario CANADA) – July 16, 2022 AWARD: Best Documentary Feature Award Winner
Los Angeles Core Film Festival (Los Angeles, California) – July 20-23, 2022
National Urban League Virtual Conference – Film Festival(Washington, DC) (Virtual and In-Person) – July 20-23, 2022
Whistleblower Film Festival (Washington, DC) – July 27, 2022

 

AUGUST 2022

Accra Indie Filmfest (AiF) (Accra, Ghana WEST AFRICA) – August 2-6, 2022

The 20th Annual RSF Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival (Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts) – August 5-13, 2022

Haiti International Film Festival – August 13, 2022 AWARD: Best African Diaspora Short Film Winner

Freedom Festival International (West Columbia, South Carolina) – August 18-21, 2022 – Nominee:

16th Annual Detroit Trinity International Film Festival (Detroit, Michigan) – August 18-22, 2022

24th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival (Birmingham, Alabama) – August 22-28, 2022

Indianapolis Black Documentary Film Festival (Indianapolis, Indiana) – August 26-28, 2022

SEPTEMBER 2022

7th Annual Afrikana Independent Film Festival (Richmond, Virginia) – September 15-18, 2022

Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia) – September 20-24, 2022

7th Edition Black Star International Film Festival (Accra GHANA) – September 20-25, 2022

Daylight African Program – African American Women In Cinema (Senegal WEST AFRICA)

Diamond State Black Film Festival (Wilmington, Delaware)

Social Justice Film Festival (Seattle, Washington) – September 28, 2022 – October 2, 2022

International Black Film Festival (Nashville, Tennessee) – September 29, 2022 – October 2, 2022

 

OCTOBER 2022

Chicago Southland International Film Festival (Chicago, Illinois) – (In-Person) October 13-15, 2022 and (Virtual) October 17-23, 2022 – Nominee: Best Short Film – Documentary

NHdocs: the New Haven Documentary Film Festival (New Haven, Connecticut) – October 13-23, 2022

Raleigh Film & Art Festival (Raleigh, North Carolina)

 

NOVEMBER 2022

Arlington International Film Festival (Arlington, Massachusetts) AWARD: Outstanding Massachusetts Filmmaker Award Winner

Peachtree Village International Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia) – November 3, 2022

The Chi-Town Multicultural Film Festival (Chicago, Illinois) – November 4-11, 2022 – AWARD: Best Short Winner; AWARD: Peer Jury Award Winner

 

2022 Black History Month Special Private Law School Screenings – In order based on date of screening

 

***Brunel Law School (London, England) VIRTUAL – Q&A with Filmmaker and Cast – February 2, 2022

University of Mississippi School of Law Black Law Students Association (University, Mississippi) (In-Person) – February 2, 2022

University of Houston Law Center Black Law Students Association (Houston, Texas) (In-Person)  – February 2, 2022

Southern University Law Center Black Law Students Association (New Orleans, Louisiana) – February 3, 2022

University of Pittsburgh School of Law Pitt Law Black Law Students’ Association – February 3, 2022

Campbell University School of Law Black Law Students Association (Raleigh, North Carolina) – February 4, 2022

Southern Illinois University School of Law Black Law Students Association (Carbondale, Illinois) – February 4, 2022

Penn State Dickinson Law (Carlisle, Pennsylvania) VIRTUAL – February 6, 2022

SUNY Erie Black Law Students Association Pre-Law Chapter (Buffalo, New York) – February 9, 2022

University of Cincinnati Black Law Students Association (Cincinnati, Ohio) (In-Person) – February 9, 2022

University of Texas at Arlington Black Law Students Association Pre-Law Chapter (San Antonio, Texas) – February 9, 2022

Suffolk University Law School Black Law Students Association (Boston, Massachusetts) – February 10, 2022

LMU Loyola Law School Black Law Students Association (Los Angeles, California) (In-Person) – February 10, 2022

University of Chicago Law School Black Law Students Association (Chicago, Illinois) (In-Person) – February 10, 2022

University of Oregon School of Law Black Law Students Association (Eugene, Oregon) (In-Person) – February 10, 2022

University of New Mexico School of Law Black Law Students Association (Albuquerque, New Mexico) (In-Person) – February 10, 2022

Loyola University Chicago School of Law Black Law Students Association (Chicago, Illinois) – February 10, 2022

University of Akron School of Law Black Law Students Association (Akron, Ohio) (In-Person) – February 10, 2022

Washington University School of Law Black Law Students Association (Saint Louis, Missouri) – February 10, 2022

Washington & Lee University School of Law Black Law Students Association (Lexington, Virginia) – February 11, 2022

Willamette University College of Law Black Law Students Association (Salem, Oregon) – February 11, 2022

Mercer University School of Law Black Law Students Association (Macon, Georgia) (In-Person) – February 14, 2022

Mississippi College School of Law Black Law Students Association (Jackson, Mississippi) – February 14, 2022

Florida A&M University College of Law Black Law Students Association and Student Bar Association (Orlando, Florida) – February 15, 2022

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (Cleveland, Ohio) – February 15, 2022

South Texas College of Law of Houston Black Law Students Association (Houston, Texas) (In-Person) – February 15, 2022

Duquesne University School of Law Black Law Students Association (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) – February 16, 2022

Pepperdine Law School BLSA (Malibu, California) – February 16, 2022

UCLA School of Law Black Law Students Association (Los Angeles, California) (In-Person) – February 16, 2022

Boston College Law School Black Law Students Association (Boston, Massachusetts) – February 17, 2022

Rutgers Law School, Newark Black Law Students Association (Newark, New Jersey) – February 17, 2022

Capital University Law School Black Law Student Association (Columbus, Ohio) (In-Person) – February 17, 2022

University of Virginia School of Law Black Law Students Association (Charlottesville, Virginia) (In-Person) – February 17, 2022

University of Dayton School of Law Black Law Students Association (Dayton, Ohio) – February 17, 2022

University of Denver Sturm College of Law Black Law Students Association (Denver, Colorado) VIRTUAL – February 18, 2022

CUNY School of Law Black Law Students Association (Queens, New York) (In-Person) – February 18, 2022

North Carolina Central University School of Law Black Law Students Association (Durham, North Carolina) VIRTUAL – February 18, 2022

Western Region NBLSA (WRBLSA) X Mid-Atlantic Region NBLSA (MABLSA) VIRTUAL – February 18, 2022

University of San Francisco School of Law Black Law Students Association (San Francisco, California) – February 18, 2022

Vermont Law School (South Royalton, Vermont) (In-Person) – February 21, 2022

Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law (San Juan, Puerto Rico) – February 21, 2022

University of Georgia School of Law Black Law Students Association (Athens, Georgia) (In-Person) – February 21, 2022

University of San Diego School of Law Black Law Student Association (San Diego, California) (In-Person) – February 21, 2022

University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law Black Law Students Association (Lexington, Kentucky) – February 22, 2022

The University of Texas School of Law Thurgood Marshall Legal Society (Austin, Texas) – February 23, 2022

Delaware Law School Black Law Students Association (Wilmington, Delaware) – February 23, 2022

University of St. Thomas Black Law Students Association (Minneapolis, Minnesota) – February 23, 2022

Marquette University Law School Black Law Students Association (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) (In-Person) – February 23, 2022

University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law (Washington, DC) and the National Bar Association Law Student Division – February 23, 2022

Indiana University Maurer School of Law Black Law Students Association (Bloomington, Indiana) – February 24, 2022

California Western School of Law Black Law Students Association (Los Angeles, California) – February 24, 2022

Texas A&M University School of Law Black Law Students Association (Fort Worth, Texas) – February 24, 2022

Penn State Law Black Law Students Association (University Park, Pennsylvania) (In-Person) – February 24, 2022

Miles Law School Black Law Students Association (Fairfield, Alabama) – February 25, 2022

Lewis & Clark Law School Black Law Students Association (Portland, Oregon) – February 25, 2022

Syracuse University College of Law Black Law Students Association (Syracuse, New York) (In-Person) – February 25, 2022

Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law (ASU) Black Law Students Association (Tempe, Arizona) (In-Person) – February 25, 2022

University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law Black Law Students Association (Columbia, Missouri) – February 25, 2022

St. Mary’s University School of Law Black Law Students Association (San Antonio, Texas) – February 25, 2022

Birmingham School of Law Black Law Students Association (Birmingham, Alabama) – February 27, 2022

***University of Iowa College of Law Black History Month Speaker (Iowa City, Iowa) VIRTUAL – Q&A with Filmmaker – February 28, 2022

Florida State University College of Law Black Law Students Association (Tallahassee, Florida) (In-Person) – February 28, 2022

The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (Columbus, Ohio) – February 28, 2022

Western New England School of Law Black Law Students Association (Springfield, Massachusetts) – February 28, 2022

University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law (San Diego, California) – February 25, 2022 – Rescheduled March 11, 2022

Massachusetts School of Law Black Law Students Association (Andover, Massachusetts) – February 2022 – Rescheduled March 12, 2022

Wake Forest University School of Law Black Law Students Association (Wake Forest, North Carolina) – March 14, 2022

Northeastern University School of Law Black Law Students Association Kemet Chapter (In-Person) (Boston, Massachusetts) – February 28, 2022

54th Annual National Black Law Students Association National Convention (Virtual) – March 2022

National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA) Pre-Law Symposium (Virtual) – March 2022

 

2023 HBCU Tour (Live and Virtual) – Coming Soon!

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If you are interested in hosting a screening, please contact us with your proposed date, venue, and audience size. Please let us know if you would like to feature the filmmaker and/or cast members for a Question and Answer session after the screening (in-person or virtually via Zoom). We will partner with you to build a custom screening event for your organization.

 

 

Promotional Materials for Your Screening

Full-size poster for display at event

This full-size poster is ideal for placement in the lobby or reception area of the event itself.

– 24” X 36”PROMOTIONAL MOVIE POSTER BLACK AND WHITE

 

Posters to promote screening to print out and post or share via social media

These editable posters include space at the bottom for you to type in your screening and event information.

 

 – 8.5 x 11 PROMOTIONAL POSTER BLACK AND WHITE