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The Denton Black Film Festival returns in person January 2024 for it’s 10th Anniversary!

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EDUCATE, ENTERTAIN, INSPIRE BLACK STORYTELLERS

Beautiful reminders of what art looks like…what art is… How culture creates Community and how communing creates Unity…WE tell our story .

The Denton Black Film Festival was created in order to address under-representation in film and media by giving Black stories an audience and Black creatives a platform. The festival has expanded to the the Denton Black Film Festival Institute and serves filmmakers and creatives of all backgrounds.

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Denton Black Film Festival Institute, Local Filmmakers to Begin Filming ‘Quakertown, USA’ Documentary Series This Fall

Press Release September 2023- Quakertown Project
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Denton Record Chronicle reports Quakertown history in Denton, TX and future

Mary Ellen Taylor sat, tall and defiant, in her rocking chair inside her home. Her house was being moved on railroad ties, pulled by a team of mules from...
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50th Anniversary screening of legendary concert film ‘Wattstax’

A major musical event that attracted 112,000 people of color documented in WattStax film. Enjoy the re-release of music performed at the historic concert in...
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The Denton Black Film Festival has grown into a five-day event that allows you, our guest, to immerse yourself in some of the best artistic showcases of Black cinema, music, spoken word, art, and more. 

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JAN. 24 – 28, 2024

 

VIRTUAL

JAN. 28 – FEB. 5

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The Institute’s activities and events are open to ALL filmmakers, however, we recognize a special need for those of the African and Black Diaspora because of historical exclusion limiting full participation in the film industry. Our first step in enhancing this support begins with identifying those filmmakers who are active and want to engage.

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Programs

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Quakertown Film Project

DBFF will executively produce a documentary film series. Learn more about the crowdfunding campaign
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DBFF presents Soul Talk

DBFF presents Soul Talk is a series that holds intimate conversations with creatives to discuss their work. Every second Sunday.
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TEC Talk

Technology Education Culture… allows early adopters and industry experts to discuss and invite audiences to the significant impacts of technology like AI, Fintech, youth coding & more.
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Upcoming Events

DBTH Celebrity Bowl-A-Thon
September 9, 2023 AMF Desoto Lanes
Raising Dollars for Scholars
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The Impact of the Harlem Renaissance in the Age of Jim Crow
August 9, 2023
FREE with Registration | Join the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum and The Black Academy of Arts and Letters on August 9 for a program on the impact of the Harlem Renaissance and a live jazz...
AMF Desoto Lanes
‘Echoes on the Hill’ Free Screening
April 27, 2023 Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
The upcoming screening is set from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 27, 2023 at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 3200 Darnell St. The free event will include a panel discussion with cast...
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
50th Anniversary Screening of Wattstax
March 19, 2023 Alamo Drafthouse
A 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE LANDMARK CONCERT FILM Sunday March 19th at 4:05pm – Alamo Drafthouse Cedars | Dallas, TX Join us for a screening of Wattstax and stay after the show for a...
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