Schedule Of Events

April 10, 2025

9:25 am : Welcome Remarks

Rhode Island Black Film Festival Board of Directors Joe Wilson, Jr. City of Providence, Executive Director, Department of Arts Culture & Tourism

9:25 am : Welcome to School-A Documentary Celebrating 25 Years of Maya Angelou Schools Director Linda Adair Running Time 25:42

9:55 am : The Golden Ghosts, Director-Mark Oliver Running Time 1:06.

10:55 am : Stages of Freedom Presentation, Ray Rickman, Executive Director

11:10 am : Somewhere in Brooklyn Director Brandon D. Wilkerson Running Time 20:25

11:30 : Beyond the Lens Academy Lunch

12:20 pm : Monique Graham, Hair and Make Up Artist Local Linion IATSE

12:30 pm : Nickel Boys Running Time 2 Hours 20 Minutes

3:00 pm :

The Professionals Panel

Oliver Arias, Tiškun Olam Productions

Monique Graham, Hair and Makeup Artist-IATSE member

Trey Carswell, Moonk Films

3:20 pm : End of Session for the Day

April 11, 2025

6:00 pm : Jamieson

Red & Black Directors Brittany Ruggieri, Daryl Glen

Running Time 33:34

Q&A with Directors Brittany Ruggieri and Daryl Glen Jamieson

7:00 pm : Special 27th anniversary Screening of the SOUL FOOD

April 12, 2025

10:45 am : Welcome Remarks Juana Parillon, Assistant Vice President, Equity and Diversity and Chief of Staff, Brown University Ann Clanton, Founder

Managing Director, Rhode Island Black Film Festival

10:50 am : Harm in the Water Director, Kendall Moore, Dr. Tiara Moore, Producer Running Time: 1:38 minutes

12:20 pm : Discussion with Director Kendall Moore Dr. Tiara Moore, Producer & Founder of Blacks in Marine Science

12:30 pm : The Six Triple Eight Director, Tyler Perry Running Time: 2 Hours 7 minutes

2:35 pm : Q&A with Angie Cooper, "Actor The Six Triple Eight" Françoise N. Hamlin, Associate Professor, Africana Studies & History, Brown University

Moderator: Moderator Nerissa Williams, Thet Child's Got Talent Production Company

Tell Your Truth mrorangelive Damont Combs

3:00 pm : Never Too Much: Luther Vandross Director, Dawn Porter Running Time: 1 Hour 41 Minutes

4:50 pm : Session ends

April 13, 2025

10:30 am-12:00 pm : Filmmakers Brunch (By Invitation)

12:05 pm  : Welcome Remarks

12:10 pm 1:30 pm : "Slatersville: America's First Mill Village Episode The Power of Nostalgia" Director, Christian de Rezendes Running Time: 76 minutes

1:32-1:50 pm : Panel Discussion Christian de Rezendes Director Charles Roberta, Executive Director, Rhode Island Slave History Medalions Akela de Barros

Gomes, Director, Newport Center for Black History & Visiting Scholar/ Lecturer at the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, Brown University

2:00 pm : Even Me 2.0 Director, Megan Ebor Running Time 38.35

2:45 pm : Optics of Aging Director, Michelle LeBrun Running Time 55.55

3:50 pm : Q&A with Michelle LeBrun

April 14, 2025

10:00 am : Welcome Rhode Island Black Film Festival Community College of Rhode Island-Liston Campus

10:05 am : A Season of Love Director, Terrance Michael McLeod Running Time 1:35:18

11.45 am : Redemption Road, Director Yusef Bunchy Shakur, Scott McCartney Running Time: 58:00

1:00 pm : Bringing A Multicultural Dimension to Rhode Island's Film industry

Panelists - Alberto Genao, Genao Films Oliver Arias, Tikumm Olam Productions

1:35 pm : Nickel Boys Director RaMell Ross Running Time, 2 Hours 8 minutes

3:45 pm : Closing Remarks.

Date : April 10-14, 2025

Locations :

Johnson and Wales - Schneider Auditorium, 261 Pine Street, Providence, RI 02903

CIC Providence, 225 Dyer St, Providence, RI 02903

190 Thayer Street, Providence, RI 02903

Newpoart Art Museum, 76 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI 02840

Liston Campus - Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI), 1 Hilton St, Providence, RI 02905

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