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Welcome to the 2026 Denton Black Film Festival Virtual Festival!
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Virtual Only
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Missed Friday, Jan 30?
Alliance of Women Directors "In Her Vision": Best Eyes, In Living Memory, Red Velvet, We Got Ours, and White Agbada
Becoming Ourselves: Futures Without Guns, Reconciliation, Soaring Mission: Peripheral Arterial Disease in the Black Community,The Shine King, and Where the Roads Intersect
An award-winning animation-documentary hybrid, Enongo follows rapper, producer, and Ph.D. candidate Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo (Sammus) as she uses Afrofuturist, autobiographical music to explore mental health, identity, creativity, and survival—brought to life by the first all-Black women animation team in feature film history.
92 min | 2025 | United States
Enongo
Frontlines of the Self: It's Always in You, Curl Jam, Room for Dessert, and The Art of Eternal Love
LQBTQ Stories -"Out in Our Truth: Black Lesbian Life Stories Documentary Series : Coming Out, Free on Bail, Plenum
An obsessive young director & his crew plunge into a frantic night long odyssey of desperation to finish his film no matter the cost.
95 min | 2025 | United States
Meta Take One
Missed. Saturday, Jan 31?
Crossroads of Identity: KAOS, Mother Knows Best, Rever and The Ohio, Texas Remix
Everyday Revolutions: As Within, So Without, Dante's Inferno- The Ascension, Help!, Red Clay, What Do You Mean By That?, and Zeke
When a wave of armed robberies shatters the peace of a once-safe neighborhood, a devoted community leader is forced to confront a personal enemy determined to destroy everything he’s built.
88 min | 2025 | United States
Fighting for Connection: Pugilistic Soul and TOGETHER
New Voices Rising: A Game Of Chess, Find Me in the Void, Elevator Romance, I Think You're Gonna Wanna See This, Shayla, SPILLED COFFEE, Take 290, and Threats
The Hamilton Park Way chronicles the history, resilience, and pride of Hamilton Park, a planned Black community in North Dallas, through the voices of residents across generations.
84 min | 2025 | United States
Stories That Built Us: Katie Johnson Warren Herstory - Life in North Dallas Freedman Town and The Hamilton Park Way
Turning Points: Caution Spawn Ahead, FEAR OF MOTION, Fishy, Fishy, Shirley Park, Songs of Zion, Stepping Off with Juvey-D, and Way Back Home
When siblings return home to save their mother from losing the family home to hoarding, they unearth long-buried wounds, and unexpected healing, for themselves and each other.
78 min | 2024 | United States
What We Remember: A Mess of Memories and Esther
Missed Sunday Feb 1?
Everyday Changemakers: Beyond Words: Signed, Peter, Shine On: The Story of Tom Lee, The Day You Find Your Name,and THE REBEL MISSIONARY: DOLLIE MILFORT IN HAITI
Family Friendly: 15 Lines, Making It Big, and PawPaw & Dayja
Congratulations 2026 Best Documentary Short Winner "Stories From a One-Room School" Directed by Jonathan Presson; and 2026 Best Documentary Short Runner-Up: "Root Shock" by Marc Newsome
Land, Legacy, and Memory: A House For My Mother, Root Shock, Shankleville..., Sites of Memory, Stories from a one-room school, and Stranger to the Yoke
Documentary Features
Narrative Features
Short Documentaries
Claiming Our Narrative: Belonging Beyond Brown, Unlocked Voices, Bridging The Future, and We Make
Everyday Changemakers: Beyond Words: Signed, Peter, Shine On: The Story of Tom Lee, The Day You Find Your Name,and THE REBEL MISSIONARY: DOLLIE MILFORT IN HAITI
Land, Legacy, and Memory: A House For My Mother, Root Shock, Shankleville..., Sites of Memory, Stories from a one-room school, and Stranger to the Yoke
LQBTQ Stories -"Out in Our Truth: Black Lesbian Life Stories Documentary Series : Coming Out, Free on Bail, Plenum
Alliance of Women Directors "In Her Vision": Best Eyes, In Living Memory, Red Velvet, We Got Ours, and White Agbada
Becoming Ourselves: Futures Without Guns, Reconciliation, Soaring Mission: Peripheral Arterial Disease in the Black Community,The Shine King, and Where the Roads Intersect
Claiming Our Narrative: Belonging Beyond Brown, Unlocked Voices, Bridging The Future, and We Make
Everyday Changemakers: Beyond Words: Signed, Peter, Shine On: The Story of Tom Lee, The Day You Find Your Name,and THE REBEL MISSIONARY: DOLLIE MILFORT IN HAITI
Land, Legacy, and Memory: A House For My Mother, Root Shock, Shankleville..., Sites of Memory, Stories from a one-room school, and Stranger to the Yoke
LQBTQ Stories -"Out in Our Truth: Black Lesbian Life Stories Documentary Series : Coming Out, Free on Bail, Plenum
Alliance of Women Directors "In Her Vision": Best Eyes, In Living Memory, Red Velvet, We Got Ours, and White Agbada
Becoming Ourselves: Futures Without Guns, Reconciliation, Soaring Mission: Peripheral Arterial Disease in the Black Community,The Shine King, and Where the Roads Intersect
Claiming Our Narrative: Belonging Beyond Brown, Unlocked Voices, Bridging The Future, and We Make
Everyday Changemakers: Beyond Words: Signed, Peter, Shine On: The Story of Tom Lee, The Day You Find Your Name,and THE REBEL MISSIONARY: DOLLIE MILFORT IN HAITI
Land, Legacy, and Memory: A House For My Mother, Root Shock, Shankleville..., Sites of Memory, Stories from a one-room school, and Stranger to the Yoke
LQBTQ Stories -"Out in Our Truth: Black Lesbian Life Stories Documentary Series : Coming Out, Free on Bail, Plenum
Short Narratives
Frontlines of the Self: It's Always in You, Curl Jam, Room for Dessert, and The Art of Eternal Love
New Voices Rising: A Game Of Chess, Find Me in the Void, Elevator Romance, I Think You're Gonna Wanna See This, Shayla, SPILLED COFFEE, Take 290, and Threats
Turning Points: Caution Spawn Ahead, FEAR OF MOTION, Fishy, Fishy, Shirley Park, Songs of Zion, Stepping Off with Juvey-D, and Way Back Home
What We Remember: A Mess of Memories and Esther
Becoming Ourselves: Futures Without Guns, Reconciliation, Soaring Mission: Peripheral Arterial Disease in the Black Community,The Shine King, and Where the Roads Intersect
Crossroads of Identity: KAOS, Mother Knows Best, Rever and The Ohio, Texas Remix
Everyday Changemakers: Beyond Words: Signed, Peter, Shine On: The Story of Tom Lee, The Day You Find Your Name,and THE REBEL MISSIONARY: DOLLIE MILFORT IN HAITI
Everyday Revolutions: As Within, So Without, Dante's Inferno- The Ascension, Help!, Red Clay, What Do You Mean By That?, and Zeke
Family Friendly: 15 Lines, Making It Big, and PawPaw & Dayja
Fighting for Connection: Pugilistic Soul and TOGETHER
Frontlines of the Self: It's Always in You, Curl Jam, Room for Dessert, and The Art of Eternal Love
New Voices Rising: A Game Of Chess, Find Me in the Void, Elevator Romance, I Think You're Gonna Wanna See This, Shayla, SPILLED COFFEE, Take 290, and Threats
Turning Points: Caution Spawn Ahead, FEAR OF MOTION, Fishy, Fishy, Shirley Park, Songs of Zion, Stepping Off with Juvey-D, and Way Back Home
What We Remember: A Mess of Memories and Esther
Becoming Ourselves: Futures Without Guns, Reconciliation, Soaring Mission: Peripheral Arterial Disease in the Black Community,The Shine King, and Where the Roads Intersect
Crossroads of Identity: KAOS, Mother Knows Best, Rever and The Ohio, Texas Remix
Everyday Changemakers: Beyond Words: Signed, Peter, Shine On: The Story of Tom Lee, The Day You Find Your Name,and THE REBEL MISSIONARY: DOLLIE MILFORT IN HAITI
Everyday Revolutions: As Within, So Without, Dante's Inferno- The Ascension, Help!, Red Clay, What Do You Mean By That?, and Zeke
Family Friendly: 15 Lines, Making It Big, and PawPaw & Dayja
Fighting for Connection: Pugilistic Soul and TOGETHER
Frontlines of the Self: It's Always in You, Curl Jam, Room for Dessert, and The Art of Eternal Love
New Voices Rising: A Game Of Chess, Find Me in the Void, Elevator Romance, I Think You're Gonna Wanna See This, Shayla, SPILLED COFFEE, Take 290, and Threats
Turning Points: Caution Spawn Ahead, FEAR OF MOTION, Fishy, Fishy, Shirley Park, Songs of Zion, Stepping Off with Juvey-D, and Way Back Home
What We Remember: A Mess of Memories and Esther
Texas Stories
Crossroads of Identity: KAOS, Mother Knows Best, Rever and The Ohio, Texas Remix
Frontlines of the Self: It's Always in You, Curl Jam, Room for Dessert, and The Art of Eternal Love
Stories That Built Us: Katie Johnson Warren Herstory - Life in North Dallas Freedman Town and The Hamilton Park Way
Invitational Films
Everyday Changemakers: Beyond Words: Signed, Peter, Shine On: The Story of Tom Lee, The Day You Find Your Name,and THE REBEL MISSIONARY: DOLLIE MILFORT IN HAITI
Frontlines of the Self: It's Always in You, Curl Jam, Room for Dessert, and The Art of Eternal Love
New Voices Rising: A Game Of Chess, Find Me in the Void, Elevator Romance, I Think You're Gonna Wanna See This, Shayla, SPILLED COFFEE, Take 290, and Threats
Original Music Videos
Everyday Revolutions: As Within, So Without, Dante's Inferno- The Ascension, Help!, Red Clay, What Do You Mean By That?, and Zeke
ORIGINAL MUSIC VIDEOS
LGBTQ Stories
LQBTQ Stories -"Out in Our Truth: Black Lesbian Life Stories Documentary Series : Coming Out, Free on Bail, Plenum
College Shorts
Turning Points: Caution Spawn Ahead, FEAR OF MOTION, Fishy, Fishy, Shirley Park, Songs of Zion, Stepping Off with Juvey-D, and Way Back Home