BlackStar Film Festival Announces 2025 Film Lineup

June 3, 2025

BlackStar Projects, the premier organization celebrating visionary Black, Brown and Indigenous film and media artists, is thrilled to announce the …

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BlackStar Projects Presents Joiri Minaya: Venus Flytrap

February 24, 2025

BlackStar Projects is pleased to present Venus Flytrap, a site-specific, four-day performance series and summer-long installation by Joiri Minaya that …

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BlackStar Projects Announces Festival Dates & Winter Program

January 8, 2025

BlackStar Projects is pleased to announce its winter program and upcoming events, including the dates and submission opening for the …

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Now On Sale: BlackStar Projects’ Seen Issue 007

October 17, 2024

BlackStar is thrilled to announce that the seventh issue of Seen – the organization’s bi-annual journal of film and visual …

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BlackStar Projects Announces 2024 Luminary Gala

September 10, 2024

BlackStar Projects is pleased to announce its 2024 Luminary Gala, honoring New Negress Film Society and multifaceted artists and filmmakers …

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BlackStar Film Festival 2024 Flourishes

August 5, 2024

BlackStar Projects, the premier organization celebrating visionary Black, Brown and Indigenous film and media artists celebrated its 13th annual film …