Third Annual Dayton Black Women's Film Festival

This year's festival includes three screenings at THE NEON plus a Friday late afternoon workshop at Dayton Metro Library: West Branch.

Join The Neon for the Opening Night Shorts Program, featuring a curated selection of films from Black women filmmakers across the country - THU, MAY 21 at 7:30. (A patio party kick-off will start things off at 6:30.)

On SAT, MAY 23 at NOON, celebrate the 35th anniversary of A POWERFUL THANG alongside a special screening of Julie Dash’s THE DIARY OF AN AFRICAN NUN, brought together for a powerful tribute to Dayton’s own BarbaraO and legendary filmmaker Zeinabu Irene Davis, who will be joining us as a special guest.

The festival will close on SUN, MAY 24 at 3:00 with a 30th anniversary screening of Cheryl Dunye’s THE WATERMELON WOMAN, a film that boldly redefined narrative, authorship, and the archive for Black and queer cinema. As one of th…