The Festival Itinerary will always be subject to change without notice.
ALL SCREENINGS TAKE PLACE AT MV PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
REGISTRATION & INFORMATION BEGINS EVERYDAY AT 10am
100 Edgartown Vineyard Haven Road
Oak Bluffs, MA 02557
Friday 8/6
BLK#1
11:00a-12:30p
BLK#2
1:00p-2:30p
BLK#3
3:00p-5:00p
Memoirs of A Black Girl 76 min
BLK#4
5:30p-7:00p
Don’t Go Tell’in Your Momma 35 min
Saturday 8/7
BLK#6
11:00a-12:30p
BLK#7
1:00p-2:30p
BLK#8
3:00p-4:30p
BLK#9
5:00p-7:00p
Twenty Pearls:The Story of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 90 min
Dr. Glenda Glover, International President of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.,
The Honorable Judge Kimberly Esmond Adams
BLK#10
7:30p-9:30p
Sunday 8/8
BLK#10A
12:30p-2:00p
Widen the Screen: Queen Collective & 8:46 Films
Black Birth
Change the Name
Pearl & Henry
Cupids
Slow Pulse
BLK#11
2:30p-4:30p
i Promise Documentary 102 mins
BLK#12
5:00p-7:00p
with
Director: AHMIR “QUESTLOVE” THOMPSON
Monday 8/9
7:00a-8:00a
Presents The Mind Body & Soul Reboot with Robert Brace
BLK#13
11:00a-12:30p
What The Wind Carries 7 min
BLK#14
1:00p-3:00p
BLK#15
3:30p-5:00p
BLK#16
5:30p-7:00p
A Beautiful Resistance: Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by
The Boston Globe culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt
BLK#17
8:00p-10:00p
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
Marcus A. Clarke, Director and Executive Producer
Ilyasah Shabazz, Malcolm X’s Daughter
Maryum Ali, Muhammad Ali’s Daughter
Tuesday 8/10
7:00a-8:00a
Presents The Mind Body & Soul Reboot with Robert Brace
BLK#18
11:00a-12:30p
BLK#19
1:00p-2:30p
BLK#20
3:00p-5:00p
BLK#21
5:30p-7:00p
BLK#22
7:30p-9:30p
Wednesday 8/11
7:00a-8:00a
Presents The Mind Body & Soul Reboot with Robert Brace
BLK#23
11:00a-12:30p
BLK#24
1:00p-2:30p
BLK#25
3:00p – 5:00p
followed by a moderated conversation.
BLK#26
5:30p-7:00p
Into The Light:A trip through Baltimore Ballroom 25 min
BLK#27
7:30p-9:30p
Colorado Representative Leslie Herod and
moderated by award-winning entertainment and culture journalist,Tre’vell Anderson (they/them)
Thursday 8/12
BLK#28
11:00a-12:30p
River Queen:Winter’s End 17 min
BLK#29
1:00p-2:30p
Dew Drop Jazz Hall and Social Club 4 min
All I See Is the Future 14 min
BLK#30
3:00p-5:00p
followed by a moderated conversation.
BLK#30A
5:00p-7:00p
Hallowed Ground POV Speed Mentoring & Cocktails with Bevy (free)
BLK#31
5:30p-7:30p
Death Of A Telemarketer 90 min
BLK#32
8:00p-10:00p
moderated by President and CEO of National Urban League, Marc H. Morial
10:00p
Summer White Party with The Legendary DJ Chris Washington
Friday 8/13
BLK#33
11:00a-12:30p
It’s Snowing in the Summer 11 min
BLK#34
1:00p-2:30p
Eavesdropping On The Elders 18 min
Descended from The Promised Land:
The Legacy of Black Wall Street22 min
BLK#35
3:00p-5:00p
BLK#36
5:30p-7:30p
Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power 90 min
The Path to Inclusivity: Diversity Conversation with California Congresswoman Barbara Lee and
Glynda Carr from Higher Heights
BLK#37
8:00p-10:00p
Bitchin’: The Sound and Fury of Rick James
with Director, Sacha Jenkins
and
moderated by MVAAFF Co-Founder Floyd A.B. Rance III
Saturday 8/14
BLK#38
11:00a-1:00p
BLK#39
1:30p-3:30p
Obama: In Pursuit Of A More Perfect Union
followed by a moderated conversation.
BLK#40
4:00p-6:00p
BLK#41
6:30p-7:30p
A candid conversation with Stephanie T. Rance and acclaimed actress and director, Regina King
