Black X Film Festival 2021
UPDATE: The team would like to present the best festival possible and in light of several issues, we are postponing Black X Film Festival 2021 until October 15-17.
LAST YEAR WE RAISED OVER $14,000 TO PAY FILMMAKERS ($4,000+) AND NONPROFITS ($7,000+). THIS YEAR WE'D LIKE TO DO IT AGAIN AND YOU CAN HELP US REACH OUR GOAL!
WATCH OUR NEW TRAILER, ABOVE.
WHO WE ARE
The Black X Film Festival is a three-day film festival (October 15-17) started by a collective of Black artists and allies to showcase Black creators. Through providing this free event of music and film, we showcase the radical multifaceted expressions of the Black experience by centering Black creativity and a commitment to anti-racism.
We intentionally named the film festival, Black X, to play into the multiplicity of meanings of ‘X’; where X may be seen as an abbreviation of eXperience, a celebration of Black eXistence, and an homage to Malcolm X. ‘X’ is a crossroads offering the opportunity to choose to employ Black success as a revolution of social order, over the violent complacency that has shaped and characterized contemporary society.
Financial support received via fundraising and grants affords the fair compensation of Black artists and the donation of funds to organizations that are working on the ground to protect and nurture Black lives. All films are guaranteed an online showing with the potential for an in-person screening as conditions allow.
2020 RECAP
- 10 countries in attendance; 400+ attendees
- 9.3/10 satisfaction rating from attendees
- Over 80% of featured creators were women or nonbinary
OUR GOALS
With your support, we will:
* Celebrate the participating artists via recognition and compensation
* Raise funds to support multiple organizations that are working on the ground, for Black lives.
WITH $20K WE CAN
- Pay each participating filmmaker
- Host a celebratory opening ceremony
- Host a keynote speech by a renowned Black filmmaker
- Donate at least $10k of the funds to our chosen charities (to be announced later in the campaign)
DISTRIBUTION PLAN
- 20% for administrative costs and expenditures (GoFundMe/fiscal sponsorship)
- 10% to continue the work that we do (no individual on our team will be directly compensated from this campaign)
- 70% for paying approximately 20 creatives for their work and five (5) organizations doing work on the ground for Black lives
We can only accomplish these goals with YOUR HELP! Thank you for supporting Black art and Black Lives.
All donations made to the festival are tax-deductible. We are fiscally sponsored by Reflective Image, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, led by Academy- and Emmy-winning directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.
