2025 American Black Film Festival Guide
Here are the selections for the 2025 American Black Film Festival in the Narrative Features, and Documentary Feature, Series, HBO Short Film Award Showcase, Voices of Culture, Black & Unlimited Fatherhood Director's Showcase, and South African Stories categories.
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- DirectorIme EtukStarsShannon ShaverLa'Tevin AlexanderCycerli AshA tree can be a home and a forest can be a school, but raised in the wilds of 90's Portland, Vin must first learn to be a child. A transformative story about the search for shelter and the power of being seen.Category: Narrative Features
- DirectorsJohn DierreRyan A. DutterStarsEJ EzeruoErnest Emmanuel PeeplesJames ChoiAn obsessive young director and his crew plunge into a frantic night long odyssey of desperation to finish his film no matter the cost.Category: Narrative Features
- DirectorZoey MartinsonStarsRicky AdelayitarEndurance DedzoWilliam LampteyGhanaian fisherman teams up with talking fish and companions for adventure to Accra. They chase dream of owning boat while balancing modern world and traditions.Category: Narrative Features
- DirectorTerry DawsonStarsStephen BarringtonJhey CastlesHolly HymanA struggling screenwriter, obsessed with portraying Black Excellence and authenticity on the big screen, is forced to do a rewrite of his latest draft in order to save his career.Category: Narrative Features
- DirectorRachael HolderStarsAndré HollandNicole BeharieRoy Wood Jr.Three longtime Brooklynites navigate careers, love, loss, and friendship against the rapidly changing landscape of their beloved city.Category: Narrative Features
- DirectorEden MarryshowStarsJohnny BermudezSteve H. Broadnax IIIJaben EarlyOld friends reunite after their childhood anchor dies, forcing them to face buried dreams, tensions, and regrets while discovering their true selves and future possibilities.Category: Narrative Features
- DirectorDale S. LewisStarsJudi JohnsonMike MerrillVictoria RowellA determined physical therapist uses unconventional methods to heal a rugby star, putting her professional reputation on the line while unexpected feelings complicate her risky mission.Category: Narrative Features
- DirectorTamera HillStarsKaren AbercrombieLisa ArrindellReggie CurrelleyA man admired for his integrity watches his perfect life unravel when an unexpected visitor shows up at his front door and forces him to confront the painful consequences of his past betrayal.Category: Narrative Features
- DirectorJ. Alphonse NicholsonStarJ. Alphonse NicholsonA soul returns to Earth repeatedly until it learns its needed lesson - shown through Abel Green's five lives.Category: Narrative Features
- DirectorJamal DedeauxStarsBechir SylvainLeslie JonesJason MitchellAn unhappily married man, sneaks out of the house to go on a date with his college crush and ends up having the night from hell.Category: Narrative Features
- DirectorAshley SmithStarsTravis Charles JohnsonJa RuleKevin BarbaroA down-on-his-luck father, in the midst of a foreclosure and other financial woes, convinces his three teenage sons that their only option is to rob a bank.Category: Narrative Features
- DirectorFitch JeanStarsOlunike AdeliyiMarium CarvellTomas ChovanecAfter fleeing Rwanda's horrors, a family of four starts anew in Ottawa, Canada, where they face unexpected challenges and harsh realities in their pursuit of a better life.Category: Narrative Features
- DirectorChim OnyebilanmaStarsPatrick KennyMelissa MkhizeThabiso MokhethiA destitute former prisoner returns valuable found jewelry, then learns criminals want to exploit him to obtain it themselves.Category: Narrative Features
- DirectorMichael Jai WhiteStarsMichael Jai WhiteMethod ManNoah FlederJaxen, a former cop turned Atlanta PI, is hired to find missing R&B star Jahari. His investigation uncovers her disappearance is connected to a larger conspiracy, forcing him to question those around him and his own past.Category: Narrative Features (Out of Competition)
- DirectorMatthew LeutwylerStarsAma QamataHakeem Kae-KazimMalaika UwamahoroA young Congolese woman forced to work in an illegal mineral mine, escapes her captors and finds a new life for herself as a professional boxer. Based on true events.Category: Narrative Features (Out of Competition)
- DirectorOsato DixonStarsTiffany BurnsAvis ECrystal F.Showcases a portrait of race, wealth, and opportunity in America, told through the eyes of Black families in cities across the nation.Category: Documentary Features
- DirectorDaresha KyiStarsApril England AlbrightCliff AlbrightLaTosha BrownShowcases the co-founders of the Black Voters Matter Fund, Cliff Albright and LaTosha Brown and the work they do to empower African American communities.Category: Documentary Features
- DirectorsKayla JohnsonAshly RobinsonStarsMalik BacchusTim JohnsonJayden MayoChronicles the journey of an Orlando-based pastor and former Super Bowl Champion who was inspired to move into an RV at Rikers Island.Category: Documentary Features
- DirectorFrancisco GuijarroIn San Francisco, a man enduring homelessness for two decades connects with passersby to be seen among the invisible, a skill he learned from a promising music career cut short in the 70s, and one that will ultimately transform his life.Category: Documentary Features
- DirectorsAlison CavinessDaheli HallStarDaheli HallAt her unconventional baby shower, a Black woman navigates the rollercoaster of IVF treatments while confronting personal loss, getting older, and systemic healthcare barriers in this bold, humorous one-woman performance.Category: Documentary Features
- DirectorGodisamang KhunouStarsIris KainguGlow MakatsiOlawumi OloyeExplores the tension between black women and the politics of sex in Africa.Category: Documentary Features
- DirectorIan Mark KimanjeStarsFiona ComptonCandace DixonIan Mark KimanjeShowcases the Caribbean Carnival, a cultural movement that was created out of a place of righteous defiance to become a paradise of colorful street parade.Category: Documentary Features
- DirectorJoris DebeijStarMaxwell HendersonIn Watts, Maxwell, a local basketball legend, struggles to find redemption as a father while facing his painful past.Category: Documentary Features
- StarsCindy CharlesSandra DorélasJamaal MansarayAinsi va Manu (Hogtown) follows the journey of a single-parent family, struggling to survive in the increasingly precarious Toronto. When Manu and her family are threatened of being completely ousted, the teenager decides to fight back.Category: Series
