ROXFILM | Shorts: Unseen African-American Histories

Fri Jun 19 2026 at 05:00 pm to 07:00 pm UTC-04:00

Massachusetts College of Art and Design | Boston

Roxbury International Film Festival
Publisher/HostRoxbury International Film Festival
ROXFILM | Shorts: Unseen African-American Histories
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Enslaved African, Paul Cuffe Is Me,Between Fire & Freedom,A Peculiar Freedom, Hidden in Plain Sight, Nantucket's Historic Coloured Cemetery
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ENSLAVED AFRICAN
Directed by Denise Washington (USA, 2:06).
“Enslaved African”, a Folklore honoring the emancipation of enslaved people. Written, Produced, Directed and Performed by Denise Washington. Music Composed, Performed, Directed, Filmed, Edited by Production Artist Akili Jamal Haynes.
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PAUL CUFFE IS ME

Directed by Anita Allison (USA 2026, 3:18).


Paul Cuffe Is Me is a powerful, high-energy music video that pulls late 1700's Black and Wampanoag mariner Paul Cuffe out of the shadows of history. Written and performed by RoxFilm alum, Daniel Laurent.

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BETWEEN FIRE & FREEDOM
Directed by Bentley Sweven (USA 2026, 8:42).
Chosen by the land to remember what was lost and what still fights to exist, Cathrine stands at the threshold—between fire and freedom.
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A PECULIAR FREEDOM: PORTRAITS OF BLACK NEW ENGLAND 1750-1900
Directed by Nora L. Jacobson (USA 2026, 20:04).
“A Peculiar Freedom: Portraits of Black New England tells the stories of 5 free Black individuals in New England in the late 18th and 19th Century, when white racism limited the opportunities and visibility of free Black citizens.
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HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT
Directed by Ann Gennaro (USA 2025, 27:51).
This documentary offers a brief historical overview of the efforts of key religious communities and individuals whose pastoral care and leadership enabled Black Catholics in the United States—and in Boston—to build an infrastructure that fostered spaces to gather, celebrate, deepen their faith, and be seen, while contributing significantly to the life and history of the Church and Archdiocese.
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NANTUCKET'S HISTORIC COLOURED CEMETERY: STORIES TOLD BY NANTUCKETERS
Directed by Paul Sanderson (USA 2025, 36:11).
The film presents an oral history of stories told by present day Nantucketers, to help illuminate the lives of Black Civil War veterans, fugitives, abolitionists, and whaling captains interred in one of Nantucket island’s most significant burial grounds.


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Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 621 Huntington Avenue, Boston, United States

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