VISIONS IN BLACK CINEMA
FOR THE 21st CENTURY

The 4th ANNUAL FESTIVAL

WHERE SOCIAL JUSTICE
& CINEMA TAKE A SEAT

APRIL 22 – 28, 2021

RIBFF 2021 extended to Wednesday, April 28th due to popular demand.

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BLOSSOM NIGHT

2021 FILMS

Films Available Thursday, April 22, 8:30 p.m. until  Sunday, April 25, 8:30 p.m.

FEATURES

BALLOON MAN

Director – Chantal Potter

Running Time: 1h 40min


HIGHER LEARNING

Director – John Singleton

Running Time: 2h 7min


LA LEYENDA

Director – Benito Marquez

Running Time: 1h 0min


LOW KEY

Director: Rocky White

Running Time: 1h 33min


RESTORATION: The Concert

Directors – Benny Starr, Rodrick Cliche

Running time: 1h 7m


SKY BLOSSOM: Diaries of the Next Greatest Generation

Director – Richard Lui

Running Time: 1h 28m


TELL THEM WE ARE RISING

Director – Stanley Nelson

Running Time: 1h 25m


TRY

Director – Megan Ebor

Running Time 57min

SHORTS

A BLOSSOM IN THE NIGHT


Director – Tayo Amos


Running Time 16min


A NATURAL CHOICE


Director – Harrell Williams


Running Time 17min


BLACK BIRTHING/BLACK MOTHERHOOD THROUGH THE LENS


Director – Ade Adewunmi (Ade) Osinubi


Running Time: 8min


DAYIE


Director – Anthony Nti


Running Time: 20min


I HATE THIS FKN’ JOB


Director – Monique Lola Berkley


Running Time 18min


MAMA. BEAR


Director – Adeiyewunmi (Ade) Osinubi


Running Time: 8min


THE LUCKY ONES


Director – Debra Wilson


Running Time: 25min


WOW


Director – Justice Gamble


Running Time: 33min

THE DIRECTORS’ ROUNDTABLE

Join us in discussion with the director’s of several of this year’s films.

Taya Amos

Monique Berkley

Richard Lui

DA Yie Anthony Nti

Adeiyewunmi Osinubi

Rock White

Harrell Williams

Debra Wilson

ABOUT RIBFF

The Rhode Island Black Film Festival hosts panels, roundtables, and workshops, author events covering every nook and cranny of the art, craft, and business of storytelling through the platform of film. Serving as a creative space for conversations, ideas, and projects by filmmakers of African-American, Caribbean, and Afro-Latin descent. RIBFF is where social justice and cinema take a seat.