National Gallery Nights: Strike a Pose
• October 9, 2025

Lottery opens Monday, September 29, at 10:00 a.m. and closes Thursday, October 2, at noon. A limited number of walk-up tickets are available. Fashion. Photography. Self-expression. You can find all […]

The Mayor’s Arts Awards Celebrates The Big 4-0
• September 29, 2025

The 40th Annual Mayor’s Arts Awards, “A Night of Elegance and Inspiration,” was held on September 25 at The National Theatre. It was everything a 40th anniversary  should be—a celebration […]

E. Ethelbert Miller, Black Magic and the Black Arts Movement
• September 15, 2025

In honor of the exhibition Photography and the Black Arts Movement: 1955-1985, literary activist E. Ethelbert Miller presents on Amiri Baraka’s Black Magic Poetry 1961-1967 and the influence of the […]

12th Annual Immigration Film Fest
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Welcome to the 2025 Immigration Film Fest! The Immigration Film Fest is hosted by KAMA DC, a volunteer-run nonprofit dedicated to providing a platform for immigrants and refugees in the DMV […]

The Cameraman’s Revenge and Other Shorts
• August 18, 2025

This program of short films is a compendium of work made over a span of one hundred years by international artists and scientists, as well as pioneers and practitioners of […]

Ancient Beacons Long for Notice
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Ancient Beacons Long for Notice is the third film in Dario Robleto’s trilogy engaging the history and legacy of the Golden Record. Attached to the deep space probe Voyager upon […]

African Diaspora International Film Festival Showcases Human Experience of People of Color Globally
• August 7, 2025

By Caroline Moore This past weekend, the Africa World Now Project and the GWU Africana Studies Program hosted the African Diaspora International Film Festival DC right on George Washington University’s […]

D.C. Independent Film Forum High School Film Screening
• August 4, 2025

Tuesday, Aug. 5  Angelika Pop-Up at Union Market (550 Penn St. NE, Washington, DC 20002) This free public screening will showcase four final film projects created by students who participated […]

It Is Night in America
• July 10, 2025

It is Night in America was filmed at Brasilia Zoo, habitat to hundreds of rescued species fleeing agribusiness, urbanization and the pollution of the Brazilian cerrado. As a nocturnal feast […]

We Have Always Been Here
• May 22, 2025

Now in its third year, We Have Always Been Here is a five-part film and video series documenting queer freedom and unity, storytelling, and histories through the moving image. Schedule: […]