BlackStar Film Festival - URBN Annex

Sunday, August 7, 2016

10:00 AM-6:00 PM

Shorts: Rooted
10:00am
All Ages

This shorts program explores the different ways that our familial relationships function. The shorts prod at the tensions to shed light on how parents, siblings, and even ancestors make their mark on our lives.

Jason & Shirley
2:15pm

Based on historical events, Jason and Shirley re-imagines the electrifying 1966 power struggle between Jason Holliday, a destitute, black middle-aged homosexual and Jewish, wealthy, Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Shirley Clarke over the 12-hour marathon filming session in the Chelsea Hotel which gave rise to Clarke's iconic 1967 documentary Portrait of Jason.

Shorts: Crossroads
4:20pm

We don’t stop learning--not even when we’re considered to be grown-ups. This collection of shorts places character development front-and-center showing the ways people endure (sometimes familiar) tribulations.

About BlackStar Film Festival
The BlackStar Film Festival is an annual celebration of the visual and storytelling traditions of the African diaspora and of global indigenous communities, showcasing films by black people from around the world.
The BlackStar Film Festival runs August 4 through August 7 at the International House of Philadelphia and the Leonard Pearlstein Gallery. Tickets are $12 for General Admission, $8 for Students/Seniors, $6 for BlackStar Members and $6 for IHP Members.