The festival will welcome films about social issues around the world.  Black August is an annual commemoration and prison-based holiday to remember Black freedom fights and political prisoners and to highlight Black resistance against racial oppression. The Black August Film Festival Is unique because it only welcomes films that deal with social stigmas, and issues, from oppression, and minimum wage to the prison population and police abuse, to a variety of other topics. The festival will be filled with thought-provoking content and panels.

Schedule:
Saturday, August 19, 2023
11:00am: Block 1
FREE(D) by Faith
She Means Business
Afrofuturism: Black Lives Will Matter in the Future
What’s the Mark

12:00pm: Block 2
The Fourth
Four Corners (Panel)

2:40pm: Block 3
Leo
Reclaiming our Throne (Panel)

5:00pm: Block 4
The Ghost of Orval Faubus  
Condemned to be Free
In the Whiteness
A Year to Life (Panel)

5:45pm: Block 5
Deception Rules
For the Love of Tanya
The interview
What you Deserve

7:30pm: Block 6
Case Notes
Kimpact  
26.2 to Life (Panel)

Sunday, August 20, 2023
11:00am: Block 7
Marck Angel - "Justice”
United Front

12:50pm: Block 8
Code of Silence
Bad Blood
The Poison Garden
Broke Down Drone

2:30pm: Block 9
Statistic
Happy Birthday Granny
The Festival
World of Diamonds (Panel)

3:40pm: Block 10
Poetry is not a Luxury
No Heartbeat
Everything Matters
Black Mental Health: Changing the Narrative (Panel)

6:00pm: Block 11
The Daddy Project
KAI

7:30pm: Block 12
The Black Mr. Rogers
Pride
Biking While Black

Date: August 19 - 20, 2023

Location: Flintridge Center - 236 W Mountain St UNIT 106 Pasadena, CA 91103

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