BlackStar Film Festival

Heredity Shorts

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6 films in package
Nwanne M Nwaanyị
Nwanne M Nwaanyị is a visual stem that traces the intangible roots two sisters share, tethered by something far stronger than blood and deeper than soil. They meet again at the first place they ever called home, the womb, to cry out the songs of their mother’s mother, those only an Igbo woman knows the tune to.
National Seating
Pleas Everson Sr. waxes poetically about his history of employment.
The Philadelphia Sensei: Lovett Hines
An 80-year-old Philadelphia music educator whose classroom shaped generations of artists and the legacy he continues to pass on through mentorship, music and community.
Vis-à-Vis
Vis-à-Vis is a 12-minute experimental narrative short film centered around first-generation painter Moussa and his psyche as he internally grapples with his father’s ailing condition. Sitting with archives, he fleshes out a memory — a day of rare, confined intimacy with his father.
Lani B Supreme: Legacy
Lani B. Supreme: Legacy is a short documentary exploring the creative practice of interdisciplinary musician Lani B. Supreme. Through poetic visuals, narration, live performances and an orchestral score composed and conducted by the artist himself, audiences are introduced to Lani B.’s musical style and deep historical roots.
Buckskin
An experimental portrait of the filmmaker’s grandfather, Carroll B. Williams Jr., a groundbreaking African American forester, reflecting on his work and legacy in the twilight of his life.
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Imparting and transmitting legacy.


Thank you to our screening partner: W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition & Reconstruction.

Nwanne M Nwaanyị is a visual stem that traces the intangible roots two sisters share, tethered by something far stronger than blood and deeper than soil. They meet again at the first place they ever called home, the womb, to cry out the songs of their mother’s mother, those only an Igbo woman knows the tune to.

  • Year
    2026
  • Runtime
    3 minutes
  • Language
    Igbo
  • Country
    Nigeria
  • Premiere
    Philadelphia
  • Genre
    Experimental
  • Director
    Chiemeka Offor
  • Screenwriter
    Chiemeka Offor, Deborah Teniola Ode

  • Producer
    Chiemeka Offor
  • Cast
    Ngozi Mokwunye, Sydney Worthy
  • Cinematographer
    Réal Gill, Chiemeka Offor

  • Editor
    Chiemeka Offor

  • Production Design
    Chiemeka Offor

  • Composer
    Kailyn Williams
  • Sound Design
    Kailyn Williams
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