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Black Lions – Roman Wolves

Arts & EntertainmentVisual Arts & GalleriesArts & Entertainment / Visual Arts & Galleries
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NightlifeGeneral PublicBlack/African AmericanWomen-ledFestivalCompetition/TournamentPublic
When:
August 9, 2026 · 7:30 PM
Where:
Philadelphia, PA
Source:
Creative Philadelphia Arts Access Calendar

BlackStar Film Festival's closing night film! In his highly anticipated opus Black Lions — Roman Wolves, legendary filmmaker Haile Gerima unfolds a vast, thunderous meditation on resistance, memory and sovereignty. An Official Selection of Berlinale Forum 2026, this latest work stretches across five parts in an unparalleled cinematic experience. Returning to Ethiopia’s extraordinary victory against Italy’s second invasion in 1935, Gerima traces how a people rich in resolve met imperial violence

Bar Events & NightlifeBlack/African AmericanWomen-ledNightlifeGeneral PublicFestivalCompetition/TournamentPublic

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  • City coverage

    Lansdowne, PA

  • Primary source

    Creative Philadelphia Arts Access Calendar

  • Categories

    Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts & Galleries, Arts & Entertainment / Visual Arts & Galleries

  • Signals

    Bar Events & Nightlife, Black/African American, Women-led, Nightlife