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AUGUST 2

(EVENT)(ASL INTERPRETATION)

D’Lo w/ Violeta Ayala

ConversationAugust 2, 10:30AM EDTThe Daily Jawn Stage @ Kimmel

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The Daily Jawn Stage

PanelsPartyAugust 2, 10:30AM ESTThe Daily Jawn Stage @ Kimmel

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Conversations with Ruth de Souza

Feature DocumentaryAugust 2, 11:00AM EDTPerelman Theater at the Kimmel Center

All Access pass holders receive complimentary entry with their pass. Please arrive at the theatre at least 15 minutes before showtime to secure your seat.

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Doxology

Experimental FeatureShort NarrativeAugust 2, 11:30AM EDTSuzanne Roberts Theatre

It’s all in the music.

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Shanti w/ Zeinabu irene Davis

ConversationAugust 2, 12:00PM EDTThe Daily Jawn Stage @ Kimmel

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Synergistic

Short DocumentaryShort NarrativeAugust 2, 12:00PM EDTLightbox Film Center

Simply better together.

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Building Just Pathways

PanelsAugust 2, 1:00PM EDTThe Daily Jawn Stage @ Kimmel

Co-presented by Kashif Incubator with Chanelle Elaine, Brian Anthone, Terence Nance, and Alexandra Lazarowich, moderated by Elijah McKinnon Transformation and social change is not just about closing t...

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Caregivers

Short DocumentaryShort NarrativeAugust 2, 2:00PM EDTPerelman Theater at the Kimmel Center

All Access pass holders receive complimentary entry with their pass. Please arrive at the theatre at least 15 minutes before showtime to secure your seat. Health care, a better way.

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Coconut Head Generation

Feature DocumentaryAugust 2, 2:30PM EDTSuzanne Roberts Theatre

Every Thursday, a group of students from the University of Ibadan, the oldest in Nigeria, organizes a film club, transforming a small lecture hall into a political agora where they develop a critical ...

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Maori w/ Michelle Parkerson

ConversationAugust 2, 3:00PM EDTThe Daily Jawn Stage @ Kimmel

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The Space Race

Feature DocumentaryAugust 2, 3:00PM EDTLightbox Film Center

Uncovers the little-known stories of the first black pilots, engineers and scientists to become astronauts. Simultaneously championed and exploited as political pawns, some made it to space, while oth...

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Critical Fabulation

PanelsAugust 2, 4:00PM EDTThe Daily Jawn Stage @ Kimmel

with Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich, Dr. Koko, and Ja’Tovia Gary, moderated by Dr. Tiffany E. Barber Calling upon Saidiya Hartman’s intervention using critical theory, archival research and storytelling, the ...

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Invisible Beauty

Feature DocumentaryAugust 2, 5:00PM EDTPerelman Theater at the Kimmel Center

All Access pass holders receive complimentary entry with their pass. Please arrive at the theatre at least 15 minutes before showtime to secure your seat.

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Let The Games Begin!

Short DocumentaryShorts ProgramsAugust 2, 5:30PM EDTSuzanne Roberts Theatre

Competing and the spirit of competition. Thank you to our screening partner: BLJ Rowing

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Well-Read Black Girl w/ Jeannine & Charlyn

PodcastAugust 2, 6:00PM EDTThe Daily Jawn Stage @ Kimmel

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Posthumous

ExperimentalShort DocumentaryAugust 2, 6:00PM EDTLightbox Film Center

The immortality of memorial.

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DJ Jamz

Live MusicAugust 2, 8:00PM EDTThe Daily Jawn Stage @ Kimmel

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Portraiture

Short DocumentaryShorts ProgramsAugust 2, 8:00PM EDTSuzanne Roberts Theatre

The art and the people behind it.

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Girl

Feature NarrativeAugust 2, 8:30PM EDTPerelman Theater at the Kimmel Center

All Access pass holders receive complimentary entry with their pass. Please arrive at the theatre at least 15 minutes before showtime to secure your seat.

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Opening Night Party

PartyAugust 2, 9:00PM EDTCherry Street Pier

Join us as we kick-off the festival in style with music, dancing, and more! The party will feature mixes by DJ Laylo and DJ Yolo Ono, with host Ler of Late Night with Ler & Lionel. This venue has a ca...

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