BlackStar Film Festival

Press & Industry: A Different Image

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Available August 3, 2026 12:00 PM UTC
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A highly acclaimed film, A Different Image is an extraordinary poetic portrait of a beautiful young African American woman attempting to escape becoming a sex object and discover her true heritage. Through a sensitive and humorous story about her relationship with a man, the film makes provocative connections between racism and sexual stereotyping. The screenplay is published in Screenplays of the African American Experience, edited by Phyllis R. Klotman.


Retrospective Screening


Thank you to our screening partner: Love Now Media.

  • Year
    1982
  • Runtime
    52 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Content Warning
    Depiction of sexual violence
  • Director
    Alile Sharon Larkin
  • Screenwriter
    Alile Sharon Larkin
  • Producer
    Alile Sharon Larkin
  • Executive Producer
    Alile Sharon Larkin
  • Cast
    Adisa Anderson, Margot Saxton-Federella (Margot Muhammed), Michael Bruce, Leslie Speights, Alberta Rucker, Cephren Rasika-Davis, Hana Salaam, Mandisa Oliver, Floyd 'Wildcat' Chatman, Julian Jenkins, Bella Dilworth, Stephen Martin, Rena Anderson, Don Amis
  • Cinematographer
    Charles Burnett
  • Editor
    Alile Sharon Larkin, Special thanks to Rex
  • Animator
    Karen Guyot
  • Production Design
    Jenifer Smith- Ashley
  • Composer
    Dankwa Khan featuring Munyungo Darryl Jackson
  • Sound Design
    Don Amis, Abdul Hafiz, Bernard Nicolas
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