One of Wilmington‘s most enduring celebrations of movie-making returns this weekend.
From May 1-3, the NC Black Film Festival, presented by Wilmington’s Black Arts Alliance and now in its 24th year, is hosting multiple screenings of films from Black artists, and exploring the Black experience.
Things get started Friday, May 1, with family-themed, festival-opening feature “A Mess of Memories” screening 4 p.m. at Jengo’s Playhouse on Princess Street. Documentary shorts are 6 p.m. May 1 at Jengo’s, and the festival’s first day closes with documentary “The Kahiki 3 and Me,” about an incident of police brutality in Columbus, Ohio, at 8:30 p.m. May 1.
Saturday, May 2, is the film festival’s busiest day, with multiple screening blocks of short films, narrative features and documentaries at Jengo’s on Princess Street and Gna’s Event Hall on Shipyard Boulevard. The festival’s directing and screenwriting workshops are also on Saturday.
The Black Film Festival will close Sunday, May 3, at its traditional closing-day home of Cameron Art Museum. Director Yoruba Richen’s documentary feature “Free Joan Little,” about a woman who was charged with murder for resisting a sexual assault, screens at 3 p.m. May 3.
For details and tickets, go to BlackArtsAlliance.org.
Reporting by John Staton, Wilmington StarNews / Wilmington StarNews
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