Enjoy the Ann Arbor Black Film Festival 2026 Preview as well as some of our favorite counterculture selections.
How’s Man Made
Directed by Edward L Varnie
Coltrane, undergoes a tumultuous journey of emotions after discovering a life-changing truth about his daughter. That forces him to question his role as a father.
18:30
Stay Out of the Sun
Directed by Zola Franchi, Vivienne Ayres, & Nidhi Kumar
A visual scrapbook of individuals' memories of colorism, recounting the messages they received about skin tone during their youth and examining how these experiences have left lasting imprints on their lives today.
14:51
Songs From the Sky
Directed by Patrice Scott Jr.
After Phyllis discovers that her daughter Cecilia can read, she’s torn between abiding to her slave owner’s commands or encouraging her daughter that reading is a pathway to their freedom.
12:30
Huey
Directed by Ken Gregory & Dave Mack III
Huey, the short film looks at the final days of Dr. Huey P. Newton’s life to try and look at the plausible possibility, “Was Huey P. Newton randomly murdered or was it an orchestrated assassination by the United States government?” By taking public information from government agencies and private sources such as news agencies and media outlets and publications who have interviewed key players as well as Dr. Newton’s loved ones and personal friends, this film revisits the days and month leading up to the fateful day he was murdered and the circumstances surrounding his death/execution.
29:39