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

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