SABIFF 2026 CURATED FILM BLOCK SCREENING INFO.

OCT. 2, 2026    

‘BLACK FRIDAY’ ​

​ Screenings from 10:00 AM   -  4:30 PM

Theater #3:  STAYBRIDGE SUITES (meeting room – Building to the right side of hotel)
123 Hoefgen Ave.

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🎥 Block #1 ​- Nekai Walks	🎞 (DF)	Start Time  10:00 AM
NEKAI WALKS	Director - Nekai Walks (FILM TIME = 1:26)	Canada

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🎥 Block #2 ​- Faith Reigns	🎞 (DF)	Start Time 11:45 AM
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH	(FILM TIME = 00:21:07)	USA
​SURVIVING BIAFRA: VOICES FROM THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR	Directors -  Meji Alabi, Leke Alabi-Isama ​(FILM TIME = 01:15:00)	​Nigeria

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🎥 Block #3 ​- Luminary Heroines	🎞 (NF)	Start Time 1:45 PM
THE BILL PATTERSON STORY	Director -  Anthony Severo (00:17:00)	USA *Filmmaker Attending
​*THE DICHOTOMY OF HATTIE MCDANIEL​	Director - Vincent Victoria (01:16:00)	Houston, TX. USA ​*Filmmaker Attending

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(FILM TIMES = 1:33)

 [Block Ends @ 3:48 PM]

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🎥 Block #4 ​- Meta Take I	🎞 (NF)	Start Time 4:00 PM
META TAKE I	Directors - John Dierre, Ryan Dutter (FILM TIME = 1:30)	ATL/USA *Filmmaker Attending

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     FILMS TOTAL RUN TIME = 5 1/2 HOURS -- 5:30  WRAP @ STAYBRIDGE MTG. RM.       

Next UP a Pan African History Inspired Eveningat the Carver Community Cultural Center! 
Opening Night Film @theCarver "The Premiere of The Eyes of Ghana"    

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OCT. 2, 2026 

More Daytime films to Explore!  

*Venue Change

‘BLACK FRIDAY’ ​

MATINEE SCREENINGS

9:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Theater #1:  CARVER COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER – Matinee Screenings
226 Hackberry St., San Antonio, Texas

Program: Introduction / Welcome

SABIFF Founder, Ada M. Babino  

9:00 AM

🎬 PLOTWEAVER AI Workshop

9:15 AM

Digital Ancestry: Leveraging AI to Protect, Celebrate & Project Black History in Global Cinema 
Presenter:  Plotweaver.AI Founder/CEO - Wole Fagbohun.  This tech expert demonstrates how to utilizing AI to serve as a tool for cultural preservation and global projection, and shares his latest technology tools advancements in film production. #HistoryupRising, #PlotweaverA

[Session ends @ 10:45 am]

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SHOWCASING STUDENT PRODUCED FILMS  (Block 5)

🎥 BLOCK #5 ​sTUDENT FILMS ROCK!​	🎞 ️(AS | NS)	Start Time  1:15 PM
WALLY, WILLIE, AND LILLY: SKEDADDELIN’ SYCHOS	Director - Cyruss Anthony Bell (Film time 00:05:38)	USA
COGITO, ERGO SUM	Director - Ahmed Tahsin Shams (Film Time  00:06:00)	USA
LEGACY	Director - D. Pasquel (Film Time  00:10:33)	USA

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(FILM’S TOTAL TIME = 22:18

[Session ends @ 11:12 am]

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🎬 CULTURE TRAVELS CHAT  

11:20 AM

Presenter:  Culture Travels Media Founder/CEO – Leroy Adams.  Through real-life travel & cinematic exploration students will see how stories shape our world and why preserving them matters. Adams relays knowledge to students to discover how travel outside of our comfort zones, language, and documentary filmmaking can open doors to new cultures, challenge perspectives, and transform the way we see our shared world. History isn't just something we study—it's something we experience.

[Session ends @ 11:55 am]

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🎥 Block #6 - Deliverance ​	🎞 ️(NS)	Start Time   12:00 PM
GRINS & LIES	Director - Senait Mengstab (Film Time  00:05:00)	USA
BLIND FAITH	Directors - Claire Coache, Lisa Turner (Film Time  00:08:00)	United Kingdom
HOW TO FORGET YOUR NAME: THE LAST BARBARIAN	Director - Patience Nitumwesiga (Film Time 00:11:13)	UGANDA

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(FILM’S TOTAL TIME = 24:00:00)

🎬​12:30 pm  --  It’s A WRAP​

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​OCT. 2, 2026   continues...

*Venue Change

‘BLACK FRIDAY’ ​

MATINEE SCREENINGS

10:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Theater #2:  LIL’ CARVER CIVIC CENTER (behind Big Carver Bldg. Free parking in rear)

🎥 Block #7 ​- Invisible Fractures	🎞 (NF)	Start Time  10:00 AM
INVISIBLE FRACTURES	Director - Jean-Micheal Loutoby (FILM TIME = 1:16)	FRANCE

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🎥 Block #8 ​- Dokita Musa​	🎞 (NF)	Start Time   11:25 AM
DOKITA MUSA	Director - Lanre Obisesan (FILM TIME = 1:31)	Nigeria

*CAST YOUR FAVORITE  FILM VOTE!                                                                                                                                           [Block ends at 12:56 PM]

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🎥 Block #9 ​- Son of the Soil	🎞 (NF)	Start Time   1:00 PM
SON OF THE SOIL	Director - Chee Keon Cheung (FILM TIME = 1:45)	Nigeria

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🎬  3:00 pm  --  It’s A WRAP - check next venue!

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OCT. 3, 2026 

*DAY 2

‘SOUL SATURDAY’

9:00 AM – 6:30 PM

 THEATER #1 -  CARVER COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER 
226 Hackberry St., San Antonio, TX

🎥 Block #10 - Out of Sorts ​	🎞 ️(NS)	Start Time  9:15 AM
*MISS ARLENE	Director -  Pat Battistini (FILM TIME = 00:26:00) ​	USA
LITTLE RED EVE	Director - Dilman Dila (FILM TIME = 00:15:15) ​	Uganda, Africa
*REE’S DESTINY	Director -  Steven Mosley (FILM TIME = 00:15:35) ​	USA *Actress Attending - Jessica Jess Mahogany Mitchell
*WAITING FOR NIA	Director -  Maurice Simmons (FILM TIME = 00:12:01) ​	USA * Filmmaker Attending
ONE THOUSAND NEGATIVE CONFESSIONS	Director - Mark Spencer (FILM TIME = 00:12:01)	USA

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(FILM’S TOTAL TIME = 01:27)

[Block Ends 10:45 AM]

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🎥 Block #11 - Glowing Faith​	🎞 ️(NS | DS)	Start Time  11:00 AM
TALK TO SOMEBODY	Director - Jamal Akakpo (FILM TIME = 00:11:39) ​	USA *Filmmaker Attending Festival
THE SIGHT UNSEEN	Director -​ ​Shawn Antoine II (FILM TIME = 00:40:00) ​	USA
FREE JOAN LITTLE	Director -​  Yoruba Richen (FILM TIME = 00:38:00) ​	USA
*BECOMING TAYLOR	Director - Rahim Handy (FILM TIME = 00:11:21) ​	TX. USA *Filmmaker Attending Festival

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(FILM’S TOTAL TIME = 1:41)

[Block Ends 12:41 PM]

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🎥 Block #12 - ​Sentient Souls​	🎞 ️(NF) | (SF)	Start Time  1:00 PM
​​CONNIE – THE POWERS AND POSSIBILITIES OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT	Director -  Dorothea Bramer (FILM TIME = 00:25:00) ​	NY. USA
​*JAMARCUS ROSE & DA 5 BULLET HOLES	Director - Marcellus Cox (FILM TIME = 00:23:00) ​	CA. USA *Filmmaker Attending Festival
​ESTRANGED	Director - Chandler Noelle (FILM TIME = 00:15:16) ​	DC. USA
​MONOLITH	Director - Brennan Thomas Haley (FILM TIME = 00:11:17) ​	USA
​*HELIX	Director - John Lambert (FILM TIME = 00:27:40) ​​	SA,​TX. USA *Filmmaker Attending Festival

    *CAST YOUR FAVORITE  FILM VOTE!              (FILM’S TOTAL TIME = 01:42:13)                            [Block Ends 2:42 PM]

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🎥 Block #13 - Cross Swords	🎞 ️(NS | DS)	Start Time   3:00 PM
​MEET THE FRIENDS	Director - C. Denise FILM TIME = 00:14:30) ​​	MI. USA
​SOUTHERN SON SHINE	Director -  Kevin Dapree Anderson (FILM TIME = 00:23:00) ​​	TX. USA
​*THE HEIR	Director - Tia A. Smith​ ​(FILM TIME = 00:19:25) ​	MD. USA *Filmmaker Attending Festival
​A FIGHT FOR TIME​​	Director -  E. Micheaux​ (FILM TIME = 00:16:41)  ​​	IL. USA *Filmmaker Attending Festival
​*BEACH INNA BONDAGE: THE FIGHT FOR JAMAICA’S COASTLINE	Director - Emiel Martens, Elisie Vermeer (FILM TIME = 00:29:59) ​	Jamaica, WI *JaBBEM Rep.  Attending Festival

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(FILM’S TOTAL TIME = 01:43:00)

[Block Ends 4:43 PM]

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🎥 Block #14 - Montmarte	🎞 ️(NS | DS)	Start Time 5:00 PM
​MONTMARTRE	​(FILM TIME = 1:43)	USA

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Director - Leon Hendrix III
(FILM’S TOTAL TIME = 01:43)

[Block Ends 6:45 PM]

🎬  8:00 PM - Up Next Closing Night Gala & Awards Ceremony @BeasleyBrownCommunityCenter  

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*Venue Change

‘SOUL SATURDAY’ 

FILM  SHOWCASES

9:00 am – 6:30 pm

Theater #2:  LIL’ CARVER CIVIC CENTER (behind Big Carver Bldg. Free parking in rear)

🎥 Block #15 - Silver Lining ​	🎞 ️(NS)	Start Time  9:15 AM
PATIENCE	Director - Doreon Johnson​ (FILM TIME = 00:10:00)	​USA
EMERGENCE	Director - Joachim JP Jemegbe ​(FILM TIME = 00:41:00)	NIGERIA
A PERFECT FAMILY	Director - Teranee Fransha, Devon Jackson ​(FILM TIME = 00:15:22)	USA
MAJOR TYPE	Director - Barzin Salehi, Saeed Khodarezael ​(FILM TIME = 00:15:00)	IRAN

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(FILM’S TOTAL TIME = 01:33)

[Block Ends at 10:48 AM]

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🎥 Block #16 - Prevalence​​	🎞 ️(DS | SF)	Start Time  11:15 AM
THE FORTUNATE	Director - Habtamu Gebrehiwot ​(FILM TIME = 00:15:09)	ETHIOPIA
*REVERENCE: RECLAIMING THE FORGOTTEN	Director - John Mills ​​(FILM TIME = 00:32:50)	USA *Filmmaker Attending Festival
*THE RIGHT KINDA NEGRO	​Director - Jameelah Houston ​(FILM TIME = 00:54:57)	USA *Filmmaker Attending Festival

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(FILM’S TOTAL TIME = 01:42)

[Block Ends at 12:57 PM]

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🎥 Block #17 - Obtrusion​​	🎞 ️(DS | DF)	Start Time  1:15 PM
SILENT EPIDEMICS	​​Director - Andile Sithole​ (FILM TIME = 00:30:49)	ZIMBABWE, AFRICA
BENEATH THE ASHES:  THE PAST REIMAGINED	​Directors - Hrag Yedalian, Brandon  D. Lamar ​​(FILM TIME = 01:03:00)	LA, CA. USA

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(FILM’S TOTAL TIME = 01:34)

[Block Ends at 2:49 PM]

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🎥 Block #18 - Harsh Realities ​​	🎞 ️(NS)	Start Time  3:00 PM
LEEWAY	​Director - Alexander Newland ​(FILM TIME = 00:18:50)	UNITED KINGDOM
VOICEMAILS	​Directors - David McDaniels, Godwin Bortey ​(FILM TIME = 00:10:11)	USA
*D!SORD3Red	​Director - Corey Allen ​​​(FILM TIME = 00:09:29)	USA
INVISIBLE WOUNDS	​Director - Torsten Lang ​​(FILM TIME = 00:01:07)	CA, USA
SOMEWHERE IN BROOKLYN	​Director -  Brandon D. Wilkerson  ​​(FILM TIME = 00:20:25)	USA
REUNITED	​Director - Katia Cafe-Febrissy ​​(FILM TIME = 00:06:20)	CANADA

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(FILM’S TOTAL TIME = 01:34)

[Block Ends at 4:34 PM]

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🎥 Block #19 - Steeplejack  ​​	🎞 ️(NS | DS)	Start Time  4:45 PM
HOW TO BUILD A LIFE	​Director - Simbi Hall ​​(FILM TIME = 00:30:00)	USA
LEGACY	​Director - Alexander Newland ​(FILM TIME = 00:10:33)	USA
CRADLED IN CULTURE: RECLAIMING THE LEGACY OF BLACK DOULA CARE	​Director - Sekesa Berry ​​​(FILM TIME = 00:41:47)	USA
BURNS LIKE A SHOT	​Director - Chandonae Baskin ​​​(FILM TIME = 00:07:00)	USA
HOW TO FORGET YOUR NAME	​Director - Patience Nitumwesiga ​​(FILM TIME = 00:11:13)	UGANDA, AFRICA

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(FILM’S TOTAL TIME = 01:40:33)

[Block Ends at 6:25 PM]

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