BLACK REELS FILMMAKING WORKSHOP

The Black Reels Project is a twofold initiative consisting of both a filmmaking workshop and a film festival designed for Black, African and Afro-diasporic artists. This project is organised by Kameron Locke, Project Leader of the Black Reels Project and founding member of the arts-activism collective Black Art Action Berlin (BAAB), with the support of the BAAB network Alice Z. Jones, Osman Mukhtar and Charlotte Sohst. BAAB is an initiative that centres Black, African and Afro-diasporic artists and community. Film producer and UdK lecturer Karina Griffith joined the Black Reels Project as Curatorial Leader for the Black Reels Film Festival. The works showcased diverse perspectives, realities, and forms. 

In an effort to support ongoing community building and culture making, this event centred and synergised the magical possibilities of what happens when we come together and create together.

The Black Reels Filmmaking Workshop broke new ground from 12 July to 16 July 2021 as the first group to make use of the with the rubbles of old palaces new location. Locke expresses that “the idea of the workshop was for Black creatives to learn from and with each other, and to explore the limitless potentials of holding space to create art and film collaboratively.”