Seattle Black Film Festival 2021 is beginning ten days of on-demand Black cinematic
excellence with a three-day weekend of fully on-line screening events resonating from across
the diaspora. This 18th edition of the Seattle Black Film Festival (formerly Langston Hughes African
American Film Festival) runs April 16-26th. For the second year, the festival will be held entirely online.
Seattle Black Film Festival 2021 kicks off Friday April 16th, with a curated selection of 2021
Official Selection films offered on-demand for pass holders and single event ticket-holders.
Passes are on sale now! Viewers can choose from a broad selection of films around this year’s
themes: A Diaspora in Displacement, Decolonizing the Narrative in Our #OwnVoices, The Future
of Our Identity (youth-focused films) and Black Love, Self Love. Each of these on-demand
selections will feature a special screening event during a full weekend of community
conversations April 23rd, 24th and 25th, bringing depth and perspective to this year’s themes.
The SBFF 2021 on-demand selection is available from Friday April 16th, through Monday April
26th.
This year’s festival features over 70 films from across the diaspora, and together they weave a
weekend-long program of Black brilliance, joy and resilience.
“The Seattle Black Film Festival has always been a joyful gathering place for an expansive and
inclusive exploration of Black life through film,” says LANGSTON’s executive director Tim Lennon.
“Though we’re all-online again this year, we remain a (virtual) site of power for fellowship,
restoration and resilience. We at LANGSTON are so honored to create and share this space to
celebrate cinematic Black brilliance–by us, for us–with our community.”
For more information and tickets go to Langstonseattle.org