Please join us for a conversation about how Seen issue 010 came together from the editorial, creative, and design process with section editor Camille Acker and art director Leo Brooks, moderated by Heidi Saman.

For What Now: 2026, BlackStar will curate John Coltrane En Motion: Live Rescoring Diasporic Stories of Migration, an immersive film-and-music experience that explores the emotional, cultural, and spiritual pathways of migration through the sonic universe of John Coltrane.

For What Now: 2026, BlackStar will curate John Coltrane En Motion: Live Rescoring Diasporic Stories of Migration, an immersive film-and-music experience that explores the emotional, cultural, and spiritual pathways of migration through the sonic universe of John Coltrane.

A seminar for Black, Brown, and Indigenous artists working in cinematic realms, hosted by BlackStar. Registration open now.

Please join us for food, drinks, and a live conversation between Seen Issue 009 contributors Maya S. Cade, Jenny Yang, and Darol Olu Kae, moderated by editor-in-chief Heidi Saman.

A special screening of Louis Massiah and Monica Henriquez's TCB – The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing at Vidiots in Los Angeles, followed by a conversation with Massiah moderated by Courtney R. Baker.

BlackStar's annual benefit honoring luminaries in global arts and culture.

This film program brings together a collection of works by Indigenous filmmakers whose practices center cultural memory, sovereignty, and creative resistance.

A screening is in support of "Palestine Cinema Days" Festival, co-hosted with Filmlab Palestine.

Please join us for food, drinks, and a live conversation between Seen Issue 009 contributors Nicole G. Young and Bedatri Datta Choudhury, moderated by editor-in-chief Heidi Saman.

Our annual celebration of the visual and storytelling traditions of the global majority. This year's festival will be in-person in Philadelphia and online around the world.

A new performance series and installation from artist Joiri Minaya, curated by Dessane Lopez Cassell.

We are partnering with cinéSPEAK for the Philadelphia premiere of Rashaad Newsome and Johnny Symons’ Assembly