2019 Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film

 Collective Memory(ies): Our Diaspora

The Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film is the Stone Center’s annual series spotlighting film from all corners of the African diaspora. Many screenings are North Carolina premieres and feature commentary and appearances by the directors and local scholars. This year’s edition will include community screenings at the Varsity Theater and in Durham at NC Central University. The 2019 festival, which opens on September 29, includes over 20 films from across the diaspora. Also included in the 2019 edition is the popular Lunchtime screenings at noon in the Hitchcock Multipurpose Room. All screenings are free and open to the public and will take place at the Stone Center (150 South Rd, Chapel Hill) unless otherwise noted.  

For screening times and more information on our fall programming, be sure to plug into the Stone Center’s social media outlets, our webpage or reach us by phone at 919-962-9001. 

September 29 | Varsity Theater, 123 Franklin St, Chapel Hill | 4pm  

LORRAINE HANSBERRY: SIGHTED EYES / FEELING HEART  

October 1 | Hitchcock Multipurpose Room | 6:30pm 

ALWAYS IN SEASON

October 3 | Hitchcock Multipurpose Room | 12pm

MANHOOD

I AM MY OWN MOTHER  

INVINCIBLE BOY  

RIVERMENT  

October 8 | Hitchcock Multipurpose Room | 6:30pm 

SPRINTER

October 10 | Hitchcock Multipurpose Room |12pm

AN ACT OF TERROR

EDGECOMBE 

THE INFAMOUS FUTURE 

October 19 | Stanford L. Warren Library, 1201 Fayetteville St, Durham | 1:00pm 

SCARED OF REVOLUTION  

October 24 | Hitchcock Multipurpose Room | 12pm

THE CHANGING SAME 

IT’S WHO YOU KNOW  

GIVE

OBINI BATÁ: WOMEN OF THE DRUMS   

October 29 | Hitchcock Multipurpose Room | 6:30pm

PRINCESS OF THE ROW

October 30 | Hitchcock Multipurpose Room | 6:30pm 

STRIVE