BlackStar has announced the appointment of Meg Onli as Festival Director and Patrice Worthy as Managing Director to join the part-time team. The creation of the Festival Director position was an intentional shift to focus on expanding administrative capacity as the organization evolves. Patrice Worthy steps into the role of Managing Director after serving as […]

BlackStar Film Festival proudly announces the winners of the 2017 Festival awards. The Festival, which took place August 3-6, 2017 in Philadelphia, was the biggest yet, attracting thousands of film enthusiasts from around the world with multiple sold-out events. “We were lucky to have an exceptionally strong lineup of films this year, and we saw […]

As part of Free First Sunday at the Barnes, BlackStar will be presenting a special screening of the film L.A. BURNING: THE RIOTS 25 YEARS LATER on Sunday, July 2, 2017, at the Barnes Foundation. Director Erik Parker (Nas: Time is Illmatic) and scholar Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw (University of Pennsylvania) will discuss the film, which […]