2025 Festival Itinerary

BLK#23

11:00am – 12:30pm

• BeforeHand 9 min
• C.B. 16 min
• Sugar Honey 11 min
• Whiteface 15 min
• Calamity Jane 16 min

BLK#24

2:00pm – 4:00pm

• A Portrait of a Postman 90 min

followed by

with
Chris Charles Scott, Director
Talia L. Young, President & CEO – Newark Performing Arts Corporation – Newark Symphony Hall

BLK#25

5:00pm – 6:30pm

presents

• Magic City: An American Fantasy
  2 Episodes 52 min

followed by

with
Cole Brown, Creator/Executive Producer
Charles Todd, Director

BLK#26

7:30pm – 9:30pm

• WE WANT THE FUNK! 85 min

followed by

with

Stanley Nelson, Director
Nicole London, Co-Director
Marcus Miller, Musician
dream hampton, Moderator

BLK#26A

10:30pm – 12:00am

• NORMA 10 min
• Firebreak 72 min

BLK#27

11:00am – 12:30pm

• Coach’s Office 10 min
• Tender Thoughts 10 min
• The Village It Took 12 min
• I Hate My Love Life 15 min
• The Cut 26 min

BLK#28

1:30pm – 3:00pm

presents

• Wait Until Tomorrow 70 min

followed by

with
Osato Dixon, Director/Co-writer
Kelley Robins Hicks, Producer
Jamund Washington, Producer
Kara Murphy, Co-writer
Shelley Stewart III, Senior Partner and Global Leader, Reputation & Engagement
Moderated by Frank Holland, CNBC Anchor

BLK#29

4:00pm – 5:00pm

presents

• THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR
• Clips

with
Geeta Gandbhir, Director
Soledad O’Brien, Executive Producer
Alisa Payne, Producer
Pamela Dias, Participant
Iyabo Boyd, Moderator

BLK#30

6:00pm – 7:10pm

presents

• The Gilded Age 70 min

BLK#31

8:00pm – 10:00pm

• Outdoor School 85 min

BLK#32

10:30pm – 12:00am

• Water Girl 92 min

PARTY

6:00pm – 9:00pm

SUMMER WHITE PARTY

Island Inn Conference Center
30 Island Inn Road
Oak Bluffs, MA 02557

Rain or Shine.
Must wear white, no exceptions.

sponsored by

AFTER PARTY

10:00pm – 1:00am

SUMMER WHITE AFTER PARTY

11 Circuit Ave.
Oak Bluffs, MA 02557

Admission for all advance ticket holders, All-Access and Thursday Day Pass holders only.

Must wear white, no exceptions.

sponsored by

BLK#33

11:00am – 1:00pm

• Wednesdays with Gramps 9 min
• The Last Dance 17 min
• Sorrows Of Yesterday 22 min
• Take It to The Grave 22 min
• Laundry 19 min
• Fufu and Soup 15 min

BLK#34/35

2:30pm – 5:00pm

•  Fundraiser for Duke Ellington School of the Arts
• Dave Chappelle Live
  In Real Life 120 min

BLK#36

6:00pm – 7:00pm

presents

• Old Gray Mare 27 min

followed by

with
Courtney Glaudé, Director/Writer
Antoinetta Stallings, VP of Development & Acquisitions/Producer
Devale Ellis, Actor
Josh Smith, Moderator

BLK#37

8:00pm – 9:30pm

presents

• “Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross” 45 min

followed by

with
Tracee Ellis Ross
Lyndsay Peoples, The CUT Editor-in-Chief

BLK#38

10:30pm – 12:10am

• I’m Carl Lewis! 97 min

BLK#39

11:00am – 1:00pm

• Help! 15 min
• Jean & I 13 min
• The Ohio, Texas Remix 15 min
• Patrick Kelly: The American in Paris 23 min
• Ayanna Pressley: She Dared to Dream 28 min

BLK#40

2:00pm – 3:00pm

present

• Honoring the Heroes of Hurricane Katrina
• CLIPS

followed by

with
Ryan Clark, ESPN Commentator
Julian Gooden, ESPN’s E60 Director
Karen Greenfield, SVP, Inclusive Content & Engagement
Traci A. Curry, Nat Geo Director

BLK#41

4:00pm – 5:15pm

presents

• IMO PODCAST: Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson

BLK#42

6:15pm – 7:15pm

• Perdido 50 min

BLK#43

8:15pm – 10:15pm

presents

• Seen & Heard Part 2 92 min

followed by

with
Issa Rae, Executive Producer
Montrel McKay, Executive Producer
Giselle Bailey, Film by, Director/Producer
Phil Bertelsen, Director/Producer

CLOSING PARTY

9:00pm – 1:00am

The Bon Voyage Closing Party

11 Circuit Ave, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557

Admission for advance ticket holders, All-Access and Saturday Day Pass holders only