North Carolina Black Film Festival

04/29/2025

Huge thank you to MAS Magazine for joining us at the NC Black Film Festival! 🎥✨ MAS is a Black-owned independent magazine that uplifts marginalized creatives — voices too often overlooked by mainstream media. Be sure to check them out at www.masmagazine.net and support a platform that celebrates bold creativity and diverse perspectives! 🙌🖤

04/14/2025

🎬 Best Short Film — WINNERS ANNOUNCED! 🌟
At the 22nd Annual NC Black Film Festival, these short films packed emotion, artistry, and storytelling into powerful cinematic moments. Each left us breathless, reflective, and inspired. 💫

🥇 1st Place: Bittersweet by Myrakel N. Baker
🥈 2nd Place: The Ohio, Texas Remix by Ya’Ke Smith
🥉 3rd Place: My Rock by Dom Lonzo

Congratulations to these outstanding filmmakers for their compelling work and cinematic craft. 🎥 Find the full list of winners at https://www.blackartsalliance.org/2025-awards and check out the StarNews Online article by Rakeem Jones.

04/14/2025

📽 Best Short Documentary — WINNERS SPOTLIGHT! ✨
Short in length, powerful in impact. These standout documentaries from the 22nd Annual NC Black Film Festival delivered bold storytelling in a matter of minutes — and left a lasting impression. 💥

🥇 1st Place: ARP – African Rhythm Power by Nelson Shongo Leoni
🥈 2nd Place: Crossfire Love by Patrick Phillips
🥉 3rd Place: The Jazz Photographer by Cedric D. Ingram

Congrats to these amazing storytellers for capturing truth, rhythm, and resilience in motion. 🎶📸Find the full list of winners at https://www.blackartsalliance.org/2025-awards and check out the StarNews Online article by Rakeem Jones.

04/14/2025

🎥 Best Feature Documentary — WINNERS ANNOUNCED! 🏆
At the 22nd Annual NC Black Film Festival, we honored documentaries that uncover truth, uplift voices, and ignite change. These films moved us, challenged us, and inspired us. 🔥

🥇 1st Place: Our Movement Starts Here by John Rash & Melanie Dang Ho
🥈 2nd Place: Architects of Change by Keith Young
🥉 3rd Place: Ghetto Children by Zac Manuel

Huge congratulations to these visionary filmmakers for telling stories that matter. 💡Find the full list of winners at https://www.blackartsalliance.org/2025-awards and check out the StarNews Online article by Rakeem Jones.

04/14/2025

✨ Best Family Cinema — WINNERS REVEALED! 🎬
At the 22nd Annual NC Black Film Festival this past weekend, we celebrated powerful stories that brought families together and lit up the screen with heart, hope, and healing. 💫

🥇 1st Place: SATURDAY by Razzaaq Boykin
🥈 2nd Place: BELIEF by Christian Loubek
🥉 3rd Place: Behind His Eyes by Jadyn Wilson

Congratulations to these incredible filmmakers for their vision and storytelling! 🎥👏
Find the full list of winners at https://www.blackartsalliance.org/2025-awards and check out the StarNews Online article by Rakeem Jones.

04/13/2025

Thank you to everyone who showed up, showed love, and helped make this an unforgettable weekend — from the screenings and workshops to the conversations, food, laughter, and community 🖤🙌🏾

We closed things out beautifully today with our Awards Ceremony at the Cameron Art Museum and our powerful final screening, Minnie Evans: Draw or Die. What a way to end.

This festival is nothing without the artists, audiences, volunteers, partners, and dreamers who believe in the power of Black storytelling. We see you. We celebrate you. We can't wait to do it all again.

Make sure to stay updated with us — sign up for our newsletter (link in bio and blackartsalliance.org) and follow us on social media for news on next year’s festival. Until next time 💫

04/13/2025

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🎬 Join us on Sunday, April 13th at the Cameron Art Museum 🖼️ at 2:30pm for the one-hour documentary film Minnie Evans: Draw or Die. It explores the inspirational life and artistic mastery of one of the most important African-American artists of the 20th century ✨. Minnie Evans was born in 1892 and raised by her grandmother in Wilmington, NC 🌸 , during a time of racial turmoil in the city. In the early 1940s, Minnie began her art in earnest, propelled by her faith and dreams 💭.