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Black Joy Archive

Black Joy Archive

By: Black Joy by Reckon
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 Join us in conversation with the journalists and content creators behind your favorite Black Joy stories. You’ll get an inside look at how they approach storytelling, and their personal connections to the work. Our first season celebrates Black Music History Month with a deep dive into the cultures surrounding gospel and choir music with the Black Joy team, hosted by Minda Honey. Season two is hosted by MacKenzie River Foy and Clarissa Brooks as they document the making of Black film culture in conversation with the artists shaping 12th BlackStar Film Festival in Philadelphia. Art Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Behind the Scenes of BlackStar Filmmaker Lab with David Gaines and Elizah Turner

    Behind the Scenes of BlackStar Filmmaker Lab with David Gaines and Elizah Turner
    Sep 6 2023
    Immersed in BlackStar's 12th festival, our producers followed two of the BlackStar Filmmaker Lab fellows, writer/director David Gaines and producer Elizah Turner, on the days leading up to the premiere of their first film: The Freedom To Fall Apart. This short dark comedy is a tender treatment of the tensions within Black masculine experiences, unearthing belly laughs and tears at its world premiere in Philadelphia. Listen in to hear about the process of making the film and the emotional journey of sharing it for the first time in Philadelphia. 
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    37 mins
  • (Re)making Film History with Nehad Khader, BlackStar Film Festival Director

    (Re)making Film History with Nehad Khader, BlackStar Film Festival Director
    Aug 11 2023
    Nehad Khader is a filmmaker, curator, editor and writer whose work in film informs her work as a historian and vice versa. She serves as BlackStar’s Festival Director and chats with host Mackenzie River Foy about her start in the BlackStar ecosystem. Kader discusses the importance of supporting young filmmakers and how she brings her love of radical hospitality to her work as a director.
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    39 mins
  • The Birth of BlackStar Film Festival with Founder, Maori Karmael Holmes

    The Birth of BlackStar Film Festival with Founder, Maori Karmael Holmes
    Aug 1 2023
    Maori Karmael Holmes is the curator, writer and filmmaker who founded Philadelphia's BlackStar Film Festival in 2012. Her pride and joy is in its 12th run this August as our host, MacKenzie River Foy, chats with Maori about the genesis of the festival.
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    37 mins
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