The virtual edition, to take place from Aug. 20 to 26, promises over 90 films, live panels and special events. "I am incredibly proud of our team and the work they have done to meet the challenges of this moment and present our festival this year," BlackStar artistic director and CEO Maori Karmael Holmes said in a statement.
"The format might be different, but our nearly decade-long mission of centering and celebrating the voices of Black, Brown, and Indigenous people from around the world is not," he added. The slate of films for the upcoming BlackStar festival will be unveiled in the coming weeks. BlackStar has tapped the digital distribution channel CineSend to stream the 9th edition's film lineup online.
Ticketed fest-goers will stream films through a virtual portal at watch.blackstarfest.org. Last year’s festival saw the best feature narrative award go todirected by Tayarisha Poe, and the best feature documentary award was picked up by
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