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Madison Public Library is partnering with Nehemiah to offer their Black Film Festival - a three-day event featuring free film screenings and discussions - at three library locations around Madison. During the festival, you'll experience a wide breadth of Black cinema, including recent box-office hits, classic films, documentaries, and local filmmaker spotlights. Light refreshments will be provided at each screening.On Saturday, November 15, join us at Central Library to enjoy the following films:
- 11:30am – The Comforter (2025) - Directed and presented by Rafael Ragland. A brief talkback will follow the screening.
- 2pm - Echoes of Freedom (2025) - Directed and presented by Rafael Ragland. A brief talkback will follow the screening.
- 4:30pm - The Great American Game (2025) - A documentary directed by DonnellWrites, featuring interviews with special guests, such as activist and author Kimberly Jones, author and performer Joél Leon, law professor Ra'Shya Ghee, and Deante Kyle of the Grits and Eggs Podcast...and more! A brief talkback will follow the screening.
- 7pm - Wrap-Up Party - After the final screening and talkback of the festival, please join us in the Madison Room on the third floor of Central Library for the Wrap-Up Party. The young artists of the New Gen Collective, led by Madison’s 2024-2025 Youth Poet Laureate Justin Festge Russell aka Jexizis, will kick things off with a musical performance. Refreshments will be provided.
The Black Film Festival is presented by Justified Anger: Courses (an initiative of Nehemiah), the Madison Public Library, and the Bubbler, with generous support from the Madison Public Library Foundation.
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201 W Mifflin St, Madison, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53703
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