Immerse yourself in Black Movie Screenings in Oakland, CA showcasing cultural artistic traditions. These events feature performances, exhibitions, and creative expressions that honor Black heritage while bringing innovative artistic perspectives to the community.
A single Bay Area mom, pregnant with her 3rd child, fights to reclaim her family. 2023 debut feature from filmmaker Savana.
Gia (Tia Nomore) is a pregnant woman fighting for custody of her two children in the foster care system. As she treks through each day, trying to tick all the boxes on the “fit mother” checklist, she fights not only the system itself but also her struggles and the ideals set by the culture she lives in. Not only do her born children hang in the balance, but the future of her unborn child, due any day, is up in the air.
Thursday, 19, 18.30 -
Thursday, 19, 21.00
Oakland,
CA
_$25
From kitchen tables to porches, lost cemeteries to discovered diaries, their journeys lead to unexpected opportunities that transform their friendship, families, and communities. In Monore, Louisiana, Selina gathers stories from a sisterhood of her great aunties who together sleuth to uncover the buried tales of their ancestors. In Penfield, Georgia, Macky challenges generations of his kin to dismantle the privilege they inherited from enslavers and support Black leaders nearby. In Acts of Reparation, we see every day Americans become the change they want to see in the world.
Thursday, 19, 18.30 -
Thursday, 19, 21.00
Oakland,
CA
_$25
On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway and changed the face of American theater forever. As the first-ever black woman to author a play performed on Broadway, she did not shy away from richly drawn characters and unprecedented subject matter. The play attracted record crowds and earned the coveted top prize from the New York Drama Critics’ Circle. While the play is seen as a groundbreaking work of art, the timely story of Hansberry’s life is far less known.
The documentary Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart is the first in-depth presentation of Hansberry’s complex life, using her personal papers and archives, including home movies and rare photos, as source material. The film explores the influences that shaped Hansberry’s childhood, future art, and activism. Filmmaker and Peabody Award-winner Tracy Heather Strain (Unnatural Causes, I’ll Make Me a World, American Experience: Building the Alaska Highway) crafts the story of one woman who, like many of her generation, believed that words could change society. Family, friends and colleagues, including Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Harry Belafonte, her sister Mamie Hansberry, Lloyd Richards, Amiri Baraka and Louis Gossett, Jr., share their personal memories of Hansberry, offering an intimate look at a woman who was, as Poitier says in the film, “reaching into the essence of who we were, who we are, and where we came from.”
Thursday, 05, 18.30 -
Thursday, 05, 21.00
Oakland,
CA
_$25
In 2026 Oakland, CA will kick off its Black History Film Festival screening event to join film hosts from Atlanta, Washington, DC and Miami
The venue is being confirmed and we are seeking a library but this one may not be the final venue. The day is locked in. RSVP today for the 1st Annual Black History Film Festival of Oakland. The Black History Film Festival was created by Marvin Arrington Jr in Atlanta in 2008. The festival expanded to Washington, DC in 2015 hosted by Richard Campbell and last year in Miami, FL hosted by Jason Jones. In 2026, the Black History Film Festival expanded to Oakland. We like to keep it local as part of the City's revitalization program and host the screenings in a library. More information to come. Filmmakers interested in submitting to the Black History Film Festival can submit here: Black History Film Festival - FilmFreeway
Saturday, 21, 17.00 -
Saturday, 21, 23.30
Oakland,
CA
_$25
A single Bay Area mom, pregnant with her 3rd child, fights to reclaim her family. 2023 debut feature from filmmaker Savana.
Gia (Tia Nomore) is a pregnant woman fighting for custody of her two children in the foster care system. As she treks through each day, trying to tick all the boxes on the “fit mother” checklist, she fights not only the system itself but also her struggles and the ideals set by the culture she lives in. Not only do her born children hang in the balance, but the future of her unborn child, due any day, is up in the air.
Saturday, 21, 17.00 - Saturday, 21, 23.30
Oakland, CA
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From kitchen tables to porches, lost cemeteries to discovered diaries, their journeys lead to unexpected opportunities that transform their friendship, families, and communities. In Monore, Louisiana, Selina gathers stories from a sisterhood of her great aunties who together sleuth to uncover the buried tales of their ancestors. In Penfield, Georgia, Macky challenges generations of his kin to dismantle the privilege they inherited from enslavers and support Black leaders nearby. In Acts of Reparation, we see every day Americans become the change they want to see in the world.
Saturday, 21, 17.00 - Saturday, 21, 23.30
Oakland, CA
0.00
On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway and changed the face of American theater forever. As the first-ever black woman to author a play performed on Broadway, she did not shy away from richly drawn characters and unprecedented subject matter. The play attracted record crowds and earned the coveted top prize from the New York Drama Critics’ Circle. While the play is seen as a groundbreaking work of art, the timely story of Hansberry’s life is far less known.
The documentary Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart is the first in-depth presentation of Hansberry’s complex life, using her personal papers and archives, including home movies and rare photos, as source material. The film explores the influences that shaped Hansberry’s childhood, future art, and activism. Filmmaker and Peabody Award-winner Tracy Heather Strain (Unnatural Causes, I’ll Make Me a World, American Experience: Building the Alaska Highway) crafts the story of one woman who, like many of her generation, believed that words could change society. Family, friends and colleagues, including Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Harry Belafonte, her sister Mamie Hansberry, Lloyd Richards, Amiri Baraka and Louis Gossett, Jr., share their personal memories of Hansberry, offering an intimate look at a woman who was, as Poitier says in the film, “reaching into the essence of who we were, who we are, and where we came from.”
Saturday, 21, 17.00 - Saturday, 21, 23.30
Oakland, CA
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