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Black Harvest Film Festival 2024 Preview | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert

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The Black Harvest Film Festival 2024 lineup promises a rich tapestry of boundary-breaking features, shorts, and restored classics that celebrate the vibrant diversity of Black cinema.
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  • Legendary director Charles Burnett's 1999 romantic drama 'Annihilation of Fish,' long unseen due to distribution issues, will make its triumphant return as the festival's closing night film, with the director in attendance to accept the Black Harvest Film Festival Legacy Award.
  • Raoul Peck's 'Ernest Cole: Lost and Found' combines the photographer's arresting work, personal journals, and testimonies to craft a daring narration by Lakeith Stanfield, finally giving Cole the chance to tell his own story decades after his passing.
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Raven Jackson, Julie Dash, Samuel Frantz Suffren, Justice Rutikara, Fatima Wardy, Sean-Josahi Brown, Charles Burnett, Lynn Redgrave, James Earl Jones, David Fortune, William Catlett, Jeremiah Alexander Daniels, Luck Razanajaona, Dominique Toditsara, Parista Sambo, Raoul Peck, Lakeith Stanfield, Yashaddai Owens, Benny O. Arthur, RaMell Ross, Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Pemon Rami, David Lemieux, J. A. Preston, Ivan Dixon, Lawrence Cook, Sam Greenlee, Terrance Nance, Milestone Films, Kino Lorber, UCLA Film & Television Archive, The Film Foundation, Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation, Dreams Like Paper Boats, Ibuka, Justice, Hair Care, Ebony, Annihilation of Fish, Killer of Sheep, My Brother's Wedding, Color Book, Disco Afrika, Ernest Cole: Lost and Found, Jimmy, Nickel Boys, The Spook Who Sat By the Door, Random Acts of Flyness
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