ROXFILM 2024 will be a hybrid festival with in-person and online screenings and events.

The IN-PERSON program will run from June 20 - June 28, 2024 and the ROXFILM@HOME (ONLINE) program will run from June 27 - July 2, 2024.

There are separate festival passes for the in-person and the online programs - please purchase both if you want access to all screenings and events.

We will have Q&A sessions with filmmakers, Daily Script Reads, hangouts, panels, and additional events. There will also be some free  screenings and special events. 

Schedule:

Thursday, June 20, 2024

10:00am - 11:00am - EMBRACE IDEAS FESTIVAL: KEYNOTE WITH ISABEL WILKERSON, MODERATED BY LISA SIMMONS AND DR. M. LEE PELTON

Location: MassArt

7:00pm - 10:00pm - OPENING NIGHT - LUTHER: NEVER TOO MUCH

Directed by Dawn Porter (USA, 2024, 101 min)

Location: Museum of Fine Arts (Remis Auditorium)

10:00pm - 11:00pm - OPENING NIGHT PARTY at LUCIE

Join us after Opening Night at LUCIE (120 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02116)!

Location: LUCIE

Friday, June 21, 2024

5:00pm - 7:00pm - THE PEOPLE UNITED! A CINEMATIC DIARY (WORLD PREMIERE!)

Directed by Crosby Tylor Tatum (USA, 2024, 86 min)

Location: Museum of Fine Arts (Remis Auditorium)

8:00pm - 10:00pm - SHORTS: RELATIONSHIPS-IT’S COMPLICATED BUT FUN

Lettre La

Directed by Kyvon Edwin (USA, 2024, 12 min)

Worth It

Directed by Kristina Thomas (USA, 2022, 8 min)

Alex

Directed by Quint Scott (USA, 2023, 12 min)

Like Me

Directed by Elias Stevens (USA, 2023, 17 min)

Saudades de Casa

Directed by Monica Ledoux (Brazil, 2024, 9 min)

Beyond Skin Deep

Directed by Stacey Larkins (USA, 2023, 13 min)

The Therapist

Directed by Fedleine Jerome (USA, 2023, 20 min)

Location: Museum of Fine Arts (Remis Auditorium)

10:00pm - 11:00pm - FILMMAKER HANGOUT

Join us after the evening’s screenings for a filmmaker hangout!

Saturday, June 22, 2024

11:30am - 1:30pm - SHORTS: ART MATTERS

Art21: Linda Goode Bryant

Directed by Chiemi Karasawa (USA, 2023, 14 min)

Art21: Hank Willis Thomas

Directed by Malika Zouhali-Worrall (USA, 2023, 14 min)

The Frame Buffet

Directed by Nikolai Alexander (USA, 2023, 10 min)

The Cinema of Marie-Josephe

Directed by Jill Servant (France, 2023, 52 min) French with English subtitles.

Location: Museum of Fine Arts (Remis Auditorium)

2:30pm - 4:45pm - WHAT’S BLACK ABOUT IT? BURRELL: ADVERTISING REVOLUTION with INTERCEPTION: JAYNE KENNEDY, AMERICAN SPORTSCASTER

What’s Black About It? Burrell: Advertising Revolution

Directed by Denise Pendleton, Phil Lee, and Darryl Manuel (USA, 2024, 60 min)

Interception: Jayne Kennedy, American Sportscaster

Directed by Safiya Songhai (USA, 2023, 15 min)

Location: Museum of Fine Arts (Remis Auditorium)

6:00pm - 7:30pm - GUARDIANS OF THE FLAME

Directed by Daniel Wolff (USA 2023, 70:00 mins)

Location: MassArt

8:00pm - 10:00pm - RETRO FLASHBACK: RIVERBEND RESTORED PRECEDED BY THE WAR TORN DRUM

Riverbend Restored

Directed by Sam Firstenberg (Original: USA 1989; Restored - USA 2024, 96 mins)

The War Torn Drum

Directed by Derek A Ham (USA 2023, 12 mins)

Q&A to follow.

Location: MassArt

10:00pm - 11:00pm - FILMMAKER HANGOUT

Join us after the evening’s screenings for a filmmaker hangout!

Sunday, June 23, 2024

11:30am - 1:30pm - SHORTS: FAMILY DYNAMICS

Wolf and Cub

Directed by Marvin Bynoe (USA, 2021, 8 min)

Last Phone Call

Directed by Mackleen Desravines (USA, 2022, 10 min)

One of Those Families

Directed by Stephanie Joline (Canada 2024, 3 min)

Silent Farewell

Directed by Lina Barclay and Najah Diaz (USA, 2023, 6 min)

Little Lady

Directed by Dovely Danelle King (USA, 2023, 6 min)

Harlem Fragments

Directed by Cameron Tyler Carr (USA, 2024, 17 min)

Love Taps

Directed by Derrick Woodyard (USA, 2023, 14 min)

Skettel

Directed by Moon Lee Ferguson (USA, 2024, 13 min)

2:30pm - 4:30pm - THE HIGHEST STANDARD with DESMOND IN MOTIONS

The Highest Standard

Directed by Isara Krieger (USA, 2023, 87 min)

Desmond in Motions

Directed by Thato Mwosa, (USA, 2023, 10 min)

Location: Museum of Fine Arts (Remis Auditorium)

5:00pm - 7:00pm - SHORTS: REDEMPTION

Concrete Rose

Directed by Khalid Sena (USA 2021, 15:59 mins)

A Clean Slate

Directed by Tran Hoang Calvin (USA, 14:14 mins)

Tomato Soup

Directed by Joshua Mori, Bret McKee (USA 2023, 9:29 mins)

Figure of Speech

Directed by Gordon (Hei Yuen) Chan (USA 2023, 38:49 mins)

Location: Hibernian Hall

7:00pm - 11:00pm - DOUBLE FEATURE: MONEY GAME + UGLY SWEATER with A MIND OF ITS OWN + MOIRA’S MEATS

Money Game

Directed by Julian Lowenthal (USA, 91:38 mins)

A Mind of Its Own

Directed by C.C. Randle (USA 2023, 12:11 mins)

Moira’s Meats

Directed by Elijah Brewer (USA 2023, 11:29 mins)

Ugly Sweater

Directed by Lauren Musgrove (USA 2023, 90:00 mins)

Location: Hibernian Hall

Monday, June 24, 2024

4:00pm - 6:00pm - SHORTS: NEXT GENERATION (FREE!)

STATIC

Directed by Ashley Gutierrez-Rosario (USA 2023, 13:03 mins)

My Dark Angels

Directed by Azza Brummer (USA 2023, 4:04 mins)

Location: Hibernian Hall

5:00pm - 7:30pm - BRIEF TENDER LIGHT

Brief Tender Light

Directed by Arthur Musah (Ghana 2023, 93 mins)

Location: Northeastern University

6:30pm - 8:30pm - MORE THAN OUR SKIN

More Than Our Skin

Directed by Tonia Magras (USA 2024, 91 mins)

Location: Hibernian Hall

8:00pm - 10:00pm - SHORTS: HOMAGE TO EARTH AND ANCESTORS

Arnoldo's World

Directed by Evan Tanner, Ellen Lippman Finn (USA 2023, 6:44 mins)

ENCHUKUNOTO (The Return)

Directed by Laissa Malih (Kenya 2024, 15:52 mins)

Indai Apai Darah (Mother, Father, Blood)

Directed by Kynan Tegar (Indonesia 2024, 14:55 mins)

A Seat At The Table

Directed by Sophia Abolfathi, Rob Bailey (USA 2023, 13:38 mins)

Tahnaanooku'

Directed by Jonah Kozlowski (USA 2024, 6:44 mins)

Ma ?aye ka Masaala a se ka W?m?ti (From God To Man)

Directed by Lansana Mansaray (Sierra Leone 2024, 14:59 mins)

Tentsítewahkwe

Directed by Katsitsionni Fox (USA 2024, 17:21 mins)

HAMAPAH/THE MAP DANCE-ON-FILM

Directed by Daniel Banks (USA 2023, 3:09 mins)

Pidgin Kaua'i Style

Directed by Erica Byers (USA 2023, 7:20 mins)

Location: Northeastern University

10:00pm - 11:00pm - FILMMAKER HANGOUT

Join us after the evening’s screenings for a filmmaker hangout!

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

3:00pm - 4:45pm - SHORTS: COPING & NAVIGATING

Parricide

Directed by Seunghee Chang (USA 2023, 12:03 mins)

Remember

Directed by Nami Enkhbat (Mongolia 2023, 1:05 mins)

Blue Hour

Directed by J.D Shields (USA 2023, 15:51 mins)

No Way Out

Directed by J. Swain (USA 2023, 18:23 mins)

Minutes to Go

Directed by Rick Page (USA 2023, 17:23 mins)

Estela, Is It You?

Directed by Victor Martin (USA 2023, 21:41 mins)

Location: Hibernian Hall

5:00pm - 7:30pm - GOD-TALK

gOD-Talk

Directed by Kim Moir (USA 2023, 117:24 mins)

Location: Northeastern University

5:00pm - 10:00pm - DOUBLE FEATURE: AFRICAN NARRATIVES (DOKA, AFTER THE LONG RAINS with KESHO PIA NI SIKU : TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY)

After the long rains (BAADA YA MASIKA)

Directed by Damien Hauser (Kenya 2023, 90:00 mins)

Kesho Pia Ni Siku : Tomorrow Is Another Day

Directed by Ng'endo Mukii (Kenya, 9:20 mins)

Doka

Directed by Kidist Yilma (Ethiopia 2023, 112:00 mins)

Location: Hibernian Hall

8:00pm - 10:00pm - SHORTS: OUR FEARS

Go To Bed Raymond

Directed by nikki taylor-roberts (USA, 6:52 mins)

On The Run

Directed by Destiny Roman (USA 2023, 7:45 mins)

French Toast

Directed by Tendo Ochola (USA, 8:35 mins)

Welcome to Afrotree

Directed by Chase Parker (USA 2023, 20:44 mins)

Sundown

Directed by Cierra Andrea Gladden (USA 2023, 17:00 mins)

Doris

Directed by Edem Dotse (Ghana 2023, 17:34 mins)

The Prophecy

Directed by Rehanna Ngom (Senegal 2023, 20:31 mins)

Location: Northeastern University

10:00pm - 11:00pm - FILMMAKER HANGOUT

Join us after the evening’s screenings for a filmmaker hangout!

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

2:00pm - 4:00pm - SENIOR LUNCHEON SCREENING - PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR: A DOCUMENTARY (FREE!)

Paul Laurence Dunbar: A Documentary

Directed by Frederick Lewis (USA 2024, 115 mins)

Location: Hibernian Hall

4:00pm - 6:00pm - FORCE OF BLUE with H: STRENGTH IS IN THE PACK

Force of Blue

Directed by Jeffrey Williams (USA 2023, 84:45 mins)

Location: Hibernian Hall

6:00pm - 8:00pm - SHORTS: LOCAL FILMMAKERS (FREE!)

Nite Baby Nite

Directed by Irene Smalls (USA 2023, 3:00 mins)

Faces of Medicine

Directed by Khama Ennis (USA 2023, 49:54 mins)

HOMAGE TO ABBAS

Directed by Federico Muchnik (USA 2024, 15:00 mins)

Open Your Heart: Immigrant Stories from Boston and Beyond

Directed by Jesse Ericka Epstein (USA 2024, 18:08 mins)

Privilege Pack (The Movie)

Directed by Kat Otuechere (USA 2023, 16:41 mins)

Location: Hibernian Hall

8:00pm - 11:30pm - DOUBLE FEATURE: LIPSTICK + SWAY

Lipstick

Directed by Kimberly D Conner (USA 2023, 1:30:00 mins)

SWAY

Directed by Charlie Hamilton, Zach Ramelan (Canada 2024, 98 mins)

Location: Hibernian Hall

10:00pm - 11:00pm - FILMMAKER HANGOUT

Join us after the evening’s screenings for a filmmaker hangout!

Thursday, June 27, 2024

5:00pm - 7:00pm - SHORTS: RACE AND IDENTITY

The Pieces

Directed by Autumn Thompson (USA, 2024, 24 min)

Hair Care

Directed by Fatima Wardy (Côte d’Ivoire, 2023, 12 min)

Innocence

Directed by Marcella Taylor (USA, 2022, 11 min)

Color of Autumn

Directed by Aimiende Negbenebor Sela (USA, 2023, 15 min)

Temple

Directed by Thato Mwosa (USA, 2023, 10 min)

Molasses

Directed by Dash Jo (USA, 2023, 16 min)

Location: Museum of Fine Arts (Remis Auditorium)

8:00pm - 10:00pm - KIPKEMBOI

Directed by Charles Uwagbai (Canada and Kenya, 2023, 90 min)

Location: Museum of Fine Arts (Remis Auditorium)

Friday, June 28, 2024

5:00pm - 7:00pm - SHORTS: ACTIVATE

The War Torn Drum

Directed by Derek A. Ham (USA 2023, 12 mins)

How to Sue the Klan

Directed by John Beder (USA, 2024, 34 mins)

Mosiah

Directed by Jirard (USA, 2023, 40 mins)

Malcolm X

Directed by Adrienne T. Hawkins, Ronnie T. Thomas, Akili Jamal Haynes, and Joe Gonzalez (USA, 14 mins)

Location: Museum of Fine Arts (Remis Auditorium)

7:30pm - 9:45pm - CLOSING NIGHT: SING SING

Join us for this wonderful closing night screening of Sing Sing!

Directed by Greg Kwedar (USA, 2023, 105 mins)

Location: Museum of Fine Arts (Remis Auditorium)

10:00pm - 11:00pm - CLOSING NIGHT PARTY at THE RECORD CO.

Join us after Sing Sing for our Closing Night Party at The Record Co.!

Location: The Record Co.

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Date: June 20-28, 2024

Location: Various locations in Boston, MA

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