The Rhode Island Black Film Festival (RIBFF) launched Beyond the Lens Academy in Spring of 2022. After months of planning in partnership with Johnson & Wales University College of Arts & Sciences the first class of high school students participated in the two day program. Students from Classical High School, Providence Career & Technical Academy, LaSalle Academy, Newport Vocational and Portsmouth High School spent two days with the filmmakers, videographers, Rhode Island Office of Film & Television and IATSE local union to learn the careers and areas of study as a film major. The Rhode Island Black Film Festival congratulates our inaugural class of students.
