Observer Editor
The 2025 Ann Arbor Black Film Festival
Screenings at 3 venues (free shuttles between venues) of short and feature-length films, both narrative and documentary, by Black filmmakers and on Black topics. For more info, see a2bff.org/events.
State Theatre, tickets $15.
June 7:
“Shorts.” A collection of 6 disparate short films. Noon.
“St. John Street: Story of a Neighborhood” (Justin Rodney Brown, 2025). Documentary about a neighborhood in Flint. Also, several short films. 2:15 p.m.
“Driving the Green Book” (Alvin Hall, 2023). Documentary about the historical Black travel guide, along with 3 short films. 4:25 p.m.
“Finding Hero” (Matt Coole, 2025). Narrative film about a young schizophrenic saxophonist, along with 2 shorter films. 6:40 p.m.
“Shorts.” A collection of five short fiction films. 8:55 p.m.
Third Mind Books, 118 E. Washington. Free.
June 7:
“Our Historical Context.” A collection of five documentary shorts, 3 of them about Ann Arbor history, screens at 2:45 p.m., 4:45 p.m., and 6:45 p.m.
Ann Arbor District Library Downtown. Free.
June 6 & 7:
“Bankie Banx: King of the Dune” (Nara Garber, 2025). Documentary about the Anguillian reggae singer-songwriter. 5 p.m. (Fri.) & 3:30 p.m. (Sat.).
June 7:
“The Life, the Legend, the Man: Reggie McKenzie” (James C. Turner, 2025). Documentary about this influential 1970s NFL football player, along with 2 shorter documentary films. 1 & 6 p.m.
June 8:
“A2BFF Showcase.” A collection of films from last year’s festival. 2 p.m.
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