The Festival Itinerary will always be subject to change without notice.
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HBO Film Nominees *
TUESDAY 10/6
BLK#1
12:00p-1:00p
Color of Conversation
MVAAFF Co-Founder Stephanie Tavares-Rance
BLK#2
1:00p-2:00p
OWN’s OWN Your Vote “Sincerely, Camille” Animated Shorts Screening & Color Of Conversation Featuring
Creator Munirah Safiyah, OWN President Tina Perry, Moderated by Danielle Young
BLK#3
2:00p -3:00p
Marny’s Gift 17 min
The Favor 15 min
Stockholm 8 min
Junebug 17 min
2 Dollars 15min
BLK#4
3:00p-4:00p
Color 13 min
Bride Price 10min
Brother 15 min
Appreciation 15 min
One Sweet Night 20min
BLK#5
4:00p-5:30p
Right Near The Beach 81 min*
BLK#6
6:00p-7:00p
How Can I Forget 10 min
Afia 16 min
The Truck 10 min
Loreen’s Gotta Boogie 15 min
Shield 18min
BLK#7
8:00p-9:30p
Pink Opaque 90min*
WEDNESDAY 10/7
BLK#8
11:00a-12:00p
Color Of Conversation with Dawn Porter, director of John Lewis: “Good Trouble”
Moderated by Cultural Critic Lisa Kennedy
BLK#9
1:00p-2:00p
Driving While Black Magic 8 min
The Simple Path 16 min
Adullam 16 min
Buffalo Girls 25min
BLK#10
2:00p-3:00p
Color of Conversation
HBO Feature Film Nominees moderated by Co-Founder Floyd Rance
BLK#11
3:00p-5:00p
The Birth of Deceit 90 min*
BLK#12
6:00p-7:00p
Color Of Conversation with “She Ball” Actor/Director Nick Cannon
BLK#13
7:00p-9:00p
She Ball
THURSDAY 10/8
BLK#14
11:00a-12:10p
Kindred Spirits: Artists Hilda Wilkinson 27 min
The Third Strike 35 min
Song Sparrow 12min
BLK#15
1:00p-2:30p
Color of Conversation
Reclaiming Our Coins: How reinvesting in Black business transforms the Black community by: Shea Moisture with LaDawn Sullivan (Denver Foundation) Darryl Lester (founder of the Community Investment Network) and Simone Jordan (Shea Moisture)
BLK#16
3:00p-4:00p
Color of Conversation
Charm City Kings & The Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival – This conversation will be centered around those on the ground, making change through impactful initiatives that work to negate stereotypes of the Black community and shift the narrative.
BLK#17
5:00p-6:00p
Color Of Conversation
Showtime’s The Good Lord Bird’s Ethan Hawke, Daveed Diggs, James McBride and Joshua Caleb Johnson discuss abolitionist John Brown’s holy crusade to end slavery in Good Lord Bird.
BLK#18
7:00p-8:30p
Take Out Girl 90 min*
FRIDAY 10/9
BLK#19
11:00a-12:00p
Grab My Hand: A letter to my dad 5 min
Sometimes I Feel 15 min
Natives 23 min
Frederick Douglass Boulevard 15min
Hot Chocolate with Marshmallows 11min
BLK#19A
12:00p-1:00p
Color Of Conversation Facebook Panel
Representation Matters: How Facebook Is Amplifying Black Voices
Panel Description: At Facebook, we realize our responsibility to lift Black voices and are doing that in new and ambitious ways.
This panel will highlight how we are prioritizing racial equity by building partnerships with Black creators, investing in the Black business community, and much more.
BLK#20
1:00p-2:00p
Color Of Conversation
Ladies of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air w/
Daphne Reid and Karyn Parsons
Moderated by Stephanie Tavares-Rance
BLK#21
2:00p-3:15p
Color Of Conversation
With “Yellow Girl and Me” Actor Tishauna Clarke
BLK#22
3:30p-4:30p
Color Of Conversation with Director Abe Felix
followed by a screening of
Win by Two 13 min
BLK#23
5:00p-6:00p
The Offline Playlist 60 min
BLK#24
6:00p-7:00p
HBO Short Film Competition
A Storybook Ending 19 min*
Augustus 16 min*
ZOO 10min*
Black Boy Joy 18 min*
Yellow Girl and Me 20 min
BLK#25
7:00p-8:00p
Color Of Conversation with HBO Film Competition Nominees Moderated by Kelley A. Jackson
BLK#26
8:00p-9:00p
Hollywood’s Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story 53 min*
BLK#27
9:00p-10:30p
1 Angry Black Man 90 min*
Saturday 10/10
BLK#28
11:00a-12:00p
Día De Las Carpas 15 min
Chronicles Of: The Good Reverend 12 min
When We Prey 15 min
Our Alexandria 17 min
BLK#29
1:00p-2:15
Color of Conversation with “They Won’t Last” Director Portlynn Tagavi & cast
followed by a screening of
“They Won’t Last” 16min
BLK#30
3:00p-4:30p
Color of Conversation with“(In)Visible Portraits” Director Oge Egbuonu
BLK#31
5:00p-6:15p
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show 75 min*
BLK#32
7:00p-8:30p