EXCLUSIVE: Key programming continues for the 20th annual Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival (MVAAFF) taking place August 5th – 13th.
The festival continues its slate of programming with featured content celebrating Black voices, with documentaries and the signature Q&A series, Color of Conversation from Run & Shoot Filmworks, and Festival Co-Founders Floyd and Stephanie Rance. “Prime Video hosts Visionary Women: A Conversation with the New Wave of Filmmaking Voices,” featuring writer/director Nikyatu Jusu (Nanny) and writer/director Mariama Diallo (Master) at the Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center.
The moderated discussion will be led by acclaimed actress, producer and 2022 Harvard graduate, Yara Shahidi. Through the lens of horror, the conversation between these three remarkable women will dive deep into Nikyatu Jusu and Mariama Diallo’s journey to the director’s chair, pushing genre boundaries, and the cultural discourse illustrated in their storytelling.
Disney’s Onyx Collective continues the evening with a featured screening of award-winning documentary, Aftershock, which follows the deaths of two young women due to childbirth complications, as well as two bereaved families who galvanize activists, birth-workers and physicians to reckon with one of the most pressing American crisis today: the US maternal health crisis.
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