2026 Ann Arbor Black Film Festival Lineup
A Pretty Pass
Directed by Chelsea Smith Hall
Darlington, MD
Are You A Librarian? Black Librarians and Freedom Through Literacy
Directed by Rodney Freeman
Charlotte, NC
A Ripple in Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Directed by Aliyah Mitchell
Best in Class: Blenda J. Wilson, Jon Onye Lockard, and the Portrait that Connected Them
Directed by Rick Morrone
Dearborn, MI
Beyond Unstoppable
Korstiaan Vandiver
Atlanta, GA
Bittersweet: Black College Life at a Predominantly White Institution
David Andrew Rice
Oxford, OH
Bound
Directed by James Jones
Atlanta, GA
Cogito, ergo sum
Directed by AHMED TAHSIN SHAMS
Bloomington, IN
Cordão de Prata
Directed by Getulio Ribeiro
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Free Joan Little
Directed by Yoruba Richen
Winston-Salem, NC
I Promise You Paradise
Directed by Morad Mostafa
Cairo, Egypt
Meet The Friends
Directed by C. Denise
Los Angeles, CA
Nothing to See Here: Watts
Produced by by Michael Soenen
Watts, CA
Nuisance
Directed by Jouel Truesdell Anthony
Tecumseh, MI
Pericarp
Directed by Ryan Henry Knight
Alexandria, VA
Saltwater Psalms
Directed by Devin Nikki Thomas
Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Sending Up the Timber
Directed by Alexandria Davis
East Lansing, MI
Shot by Shot
Directed by Caleb Raymond-Dye Joseph
Charlotte, NC
Stolen School
Directed by Raphael Nash
Evanston, IL
TCB - The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing
Directed by Monica Henriquez & Louis J. Massiah
United States, Canada, France, Senegal
The Book Of Ahmad
Directed by Ian Philips
New York, NY
The Cut
Directed by Jeremy Brockman
Detroit, MI
The French Dukes: Rhythm, Roots, and Legacy
Directed by Frederic M. Culpepper
Ann Arbor, MI
The Missing Piece
Directed by Emanuel Fidalgo
Boston, MA
The Nights Were Velvet
Directed by Sara CF Gouveia
Bloemfontein, South Africa
The Sea
Directed by Son Roberts
Toronto, Canada
The United States of WTF !!!
Directed by A Ray Jones
Detroit, MI
To Move in My Mother's Prayers
Directed by Diop Russell
Detroit, MI
Version 24
Directed by Abdullah Jalaluddin Aliakbar
Makkah, Saudi Arabia
WE KEEP US SAFE
Directed by Shawn Angela Batey
New York City, NY
Where's My Coffee Cup?
Directed by Yehuda Sharim
Merced, CA
