The Largest New England Film Festival Dedicated To Celebrating Films By, For, And About People Of Color Around The World.

Schedule:

June 19, 2025

7:00 - 9:00 p.m at MFA
Opening Night: Paint Me a Road Out of Here

10:00pm: Opening Night Party / Filmmaker Hangout at Lucie

June 20, 2205

5:30 - 7:15 p.m at MFA 
Shorts: Journeys
Reclamation- This is My
Country, This is My Land
FearLess (Nirbhaya)
Bridged Together
Donde comienzas tú
In Living Memory
Love of A Lifetime
Sea Charm

8:00 - 10:00 p.m at MFA
Shorts: Navigating
Relationships
Allure
Not A Typical Alien
New Treasure
Ketchup and Watermelon
Taper
Solea
Karma

10:00pm: Filmmaker Hangout at Fort Hill Bar and Grill

June 21, 2025

2:30 - 5:00 p.m at MFA 
Shorts: Culture and
Community
The Acolytes of the South
Bronx
Long Hast Thou Stood
AfriCOBRA and Nelson
Stevens: Art for the People
Hear Me
Redefining Legacy

2:30 - 4:45 p.m at Hibernian
Shorts: Next Generation
Filmmakers
The Gift and The Curse
Omelet Sunday
Hey Guys, How Are We On
The Writing Process?
Untitled Artist
From The Moon To Her Sun
Inside the Mind
My Black Is
Until Daylight Comes
Supernova
BAA films

6:00 - 7:30 p.m at Hibernian
Shorts: By Choice or Chance
Transference
Go Get Harry
The Bet
Night Way Home
Desired
The Streetlight
Fan Death
Introducing Mimi
Cruella

10:00pm: Filmmaker Hangout 

June 22, 2025

2:30 - 5:00 p.m at MFA
Village Keeper
Preceded by do you remember me

5:00 - 7:30 p.m at Hibernian
Acts of Reparation
Preceded by Redefining Legacy

8:00 - 10:00 p.m at HIbernian
Shorts: Surviving Bonding
and Hope
The Last Dance
El Colmadon
Four Women of Gulu
Town
Poetry is Not A Luxury

10:00pm: Filmmaker Hangout

June 23, 2025

12:00 - 1:00pm | Zoom
Daily Script Read

4:30 - 7:00 p.m at Hibernian
Rooted
Preceded by Barely A Percentage

7:00 - 10:00 p.m at Haley House
Dinner And A Movie
The Ebony Canal: A
Story of Black Infant
Mortality
Preceded by Teddy

8:00 - 10:00 p.m at Hibernian
Rap Dixon: Beyond
Baseball
Preceded by Can’t Retire From This

10:00pm: Filmmaker Hangout

June 24, 2025

12:00 - 1:00pm: Zoom
Daily Script Read

2:00 - 4:30 p.m at Hibernian
Senior Lunch
Harriet Tubman | From
the Railroad to a Spy
Preceded by Sweet Freedom

5:00 - 7:00 p.m at Hibernian
Shorts: From Here 
Forward
Soul Of The City
Don’t Judge Me
Massissippi
Blood On Our Shoes
Docu-Film

7:30 - 10:00 p.m at MassArt
Shorts: The Things We
Carry
Uncaged
Tyler
Emancipation
Escaping The Stigma

10:00pm: Filmmaker Hangout

June 25, 2025

12:00 - 1:00pm: Zoom
Daily Script Read

5:00 - 7:00 p.m at Hibernian
Shorts: The World We Live
In
Taper
Jean and I
Boat People
Ya Hanouni
Dream Weaver
Never Can Say Goodbye
Superman Doesn't Steal
Belief

5:30 - 8:00 p.m at JustBook-ish
Shorts: Global
Communities
Boston Carnival
Kluskap Meets Summer
Janke
Kanenon:we - Original
Seeds
The Last Dance

7:30 - 10:00 p.m at MassArt
Shorts: Protecting Our
Narratives
Beyond the Headlines: The
NABJ Journey
Chrisman Blues
Redline Narratives: The
Lost Cultural Hubs of
Boston
Never Cried
The Brunch

10:00pm: Filmmaker Hangout

June 26, 2025

12:00 - 1:00pm: Zoom
Daily Script Read

2:00 - 4:00 p.m at MassArt
Frank Silvera Writers
Workshop

4:00 - 6:00 p.m at MassArt
The Bucket Wish
Preceded by Fashioning Charel

6:15 - 8:15 p.m at MassArt
Shorts: Artistic Journeys
Patrick Kelly: The American in
Paris What Ascends from Ashes
Take 290
Ikhaya
Naudline Pierre: A Place Other Than Here
Howardena Pindell: Inner
Circle Weree

8:30 - 10:30 p.m at MassArt
Shorts: Finding Connections
Pow!
Hadu
Fou
Saturday
15 Lines Way Back Home
Chocolate With Sprinkles

10:00pm Filmmaker Hangout 

June 27, 2025

12:00 - 1:00pm: Zoom
Daily Script Read

4:30 - 7:00 p.m at MFA
Shorts: Internal Conflicts
New York Tough
Lyrical
Easy Money
Acceptance
Billy Somethin
Black Business

7:30 - 10:00 p.m at MFA
Closing Night:
May the Lord
Watch
co-presented with BAMS Fest

10:00 p.m: Closing Night Party at Artist for Humanity

Date: June 19 - 27, 2025

Location: Various Venues in Boston, MA 02115

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