Festival Schedule
- Film Screening
- In-Person
WEB DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices Screening
The long and remarkable life of Dr. William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B) Du Bois (1868-1963) offers unique insights into an eventful century in African American history.
- Film Screening
- In-Person
A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde Screening
An epic portrait of the eloquent, award-winning Black, lesbian, poet, mother, teacher and activist, Audre Lorde, whose writings -- spanning five decades -- articulated some of the most important social and political visions of the century.
- Reading
- In-Person
A Quiet Word
Join us for the A Quiet Word, a community silent reading experience, blending of literature, music, and conversation. Bring your favorite book, or just what you're reading now.
- Film Screening
- In-Person
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space Screening
An in-depth biography of Zora Neale Hurston, the influential author whose groundbreaking anthropological work would challenge assumptions about race, gender and cultural superiority that had long defined the field in the 19th century.
- Film Screening
- In-Person
March On Immersive Salon Opening & Screening of Love Machina
Showcasing bold and intimate experiences that reveal the algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) behind our social platforms, project room scale motion capture portraits, and virtual reality ( VR) world building with our ancestors.
- Special Event
- In-Person
Immersive Salon Open House
In this workshop, participants will examine their relationships to social media and break down the algorithm: how it works, doesn't work, and how it could be different.
- Special Event
- In-Person
March On the Atlanta Fine Art Print Fair
This Art Fair and Open House showcases hundreds of works by dozens of artists including a curated selection from legacy and contemporary African American printmakers, and highlights works by several renowned D.C. artists. Works in other genres, such as sculptures and paintings will also be presented, with plenty of art items for sale.
- Film Screening
- In-Person
Film Screening: A Mother Apart
A Mother Apart is an intimate, intergenerational exploration of mothering, told through the eyes and words of powerhouse Jamaican-American poet and LGBTQ+ activist Staceyann Chin.
- Special Event
- In-Person
Memoirs in the Movement
We’ll hear from three justice activists, shaped by their personal experiences, who have turned their insights into books that inspire action and shape policy.
- Special Event
- In-Person
The Legends: A Conversation with Walter Mosley, Faith Childs, Malaika Adero, & W. Paul Coates
Listen in on a stimulating dialogue with these pioneers, creative lights and longtime colleagues in the contemporary publishing world, from writers and agents, to editors and publishers.
- Film Screening
- In-Person
Film Screening: It Was All a Dream
A visual memoir from director dream hampton's personal archives about the dawn of the golden era of hip hop.
- Film Screening
- In-Person
Film Competition Finalist screenings
Debuting in 2016, the Student and Emerging Filmmaker Competitions gives filmmakers the opportunity to use cinematic storytelling to answer important themes like “what’s your civil right?” and “speaking truth to power.”
- Reading
- In-Person
Reading with Isisara Bey and Keith Colón, Jr.
The Prophet, a reading in honor of the 101st anniversary of this classic book of 26 prose poems written by the acclaimed Lebanese-American writer, Khalil Gibran, accompanied by violinist Keith Colón, Jr.
- Reading
- In-Person
And the Word Was Good, a day of celebrating books presented in partnership with Penguin Random House
And the Word Was Good, a day of celebrating books presented in partnership with Penguin Random House.
- Reading
- In-Person
Get On the Banned Wagon: The Fight for Books
From writers, to publishers, to agents and editors, listen in on a stimulating conversation with pioneers and creative lights in the contemporary literary world.
