Event Schedule:
Black Film Festival screenings and events are free. For the full schedule, locations and registration information, visit Nehemiah's website.
Friday, Nov. 20 - OutReach LGBTQ+ Community Center
12:30pm - Hedda (Nia DeCosta, 2025)
2:30pm - Kokomo City (D. Smith, 2023)
4pm - Black Burns Fast (Sandulela Asanda, 2025)
Saturday, Nov. 21 - Central Library
9:30am - How Fox News Melts Your Brain | Part Two (Shanspeare, 2023) w/ Discussion
10:45am - Remember the Titans (Boaz Yakin, 2000)
12:45pm - Sinners & the Death of Black Art (F.D. Signifier, 2025) w/ Discussion
2:30pm - Roll Bounce ( Malcolm D. Lee, 2005)
Sunday, Nov. 22 - Center for Black Excellence
11:00am - Black Boyhood is Hell (F.D. Signifier, 2022) w/ Discussion
12:30pm - Almost Christmas (David E. Talbert, 2016)
2:30pm - Black Media Breakdown: When They're EVIL but Black (F.D. Signifier, 2025)
3:45pm - Makin' Cake (Dasha Kelly, 2025)
6pm - Short Film Session & Black Filmmaker Panel Discussion
Black Filmmaker Panel Discussion @ 7pm
Guests: Dasha Kelly (Makin' Cake), Naomi Re'a (Sherman Park)
8pm - This Christmas (Preston A. Whitmore II, 2007)
Registration is requested for each screening. Register on the Black Film Festival website by clicking the "Get Tickets" button and selecting the film screenings you'd like to attend.
About Nehemiah Center for Urban Leadership Development
Nehemiah Center for Urban Leadership Development is a Madison-based leadership development organization that empowers the Black community, redesigns unjust systems and transforms the face of leadership. Through its Justified Anger initiative, Nehemiah engages the community in the cross cultural work necessary to create systemic change and eliminate racial dispar ties. Nehemiah's work brings together leadership development, community partnerships and transformational education to create long-term strategies for change.
About Madison Public Library
With more than 1.4 million annual visitors across 10 library locations each year, Madison Public Library's tradition of promoting education, literacy and community involvement has enriched the City of Madison for 150 years. Visit the library online at www.madisonpubliclibrary.org and @madisonpubliclibrary on Facebook and Instagram.
