Unforgettable BlackStar 2022

This past August, BGDM was a community partner at the 11th Edition of the Blackstar Film Festival. The film festival is an annual celebration of the visual and storytelling traditions of the African diaspora and of global Indigenous communities, showcasing films by Black, Brown and Indigenous artists from around the world. Each year at Blackstar it feels like a pilgrimage home to a much needed space in this industry, where BIPOC films, creators, scholars and networks are upheld.

We are proud to see our members screening work:

• Wisdom Gone Wild | Dir. Rea Tajiri
• Silent Beauty | Dir. Jasmin López
• ᎤᏕᏲᏅ (What They've Been Taught) | Dir. Brit Hensel
• Freedom Hill | Dir. Resita Cox
• Still Waters | Dir. Aurora Brachman
• Storming Caesars Palace | Dir. Hazel Gurland, Editor Sunita Prasad, Prod. Naz Habtezghi, Co-DP Vatsala Goel
• Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power | Co-Dir. Geeta Gandbhir
• By Water | Dir. Iyabo Kwayana
• Echolocation | Dir. Nadia Shihab
• Hazing | Prod. Natalie Bullock Brown and Denise Greene, Editor Jessica Lee Salas
• Conspiracy | Co-Dir. Madeleine Hunt-Ehlrich

A special congratulations to the award winners:

• Feature Documentary Honorable Mention & Audience Award: Best Feature Documentary – Wisdom Gone Wild | Dir. Rea Tajiri
• Best Experimental Film – Conspiracy | Co-Dir. Madeleine Hunt-Ehlrich
• Shine Award – Storming Caesars Palace | Dir. Hazel Gurland, Editor Sunita Prasad, Prod. Naz Habtezghi, Co-DP Vatsala Goel
• Audience Award: Best Short Documentary – Still Waters | Dir. Aurora Brachman
• BlackStar Pitch Honorable Mention – Occupy | Dir. Sonali Gulati

We also had an amazing meetup with our friends at A-Doc!