Thank You

Born With the Thunder

We are so grateful for the time we spent together during the 2024 March On Festival! We are left with our hearts full of gratitude and inspiration. We want to extend our thanks to each and everyone of you who has joined us.

2024

March On’s 2024 Film Festival will spotlight writers who move the movement, with an emphasis on the writers of nonfiction, fiction, African futurism, spoken word, journalism, and cookbooks, past and present, whose works propel us into a more just and equitable world.

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EATON ROOM BLOCK : before Thursday, September 12th, 2024.

The March On 2024 Festival spotlighted writers who move the movement, with an emphasis on the writers of nonfiction, fiction, African futurism, spoken word, journalism, and cookbooks, past and present, whose works propel us into a more just and equitable world.

THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL PRESENTS:

A panel on Inside the Book Business: Featuring executives involved in all stages of book publishing, from proposal to the shelves.
The Quiet Word: Two rounds of a silent book reading experience, where attendees will read from banned books and engage in one-on-one discussions.
A Fine Arts Prints Fair: Curated by Black Art in America, this event features prints, paintings and sculptures, a screening of a documentary on fine artist Augusta Savage, and panels on art-related subjects.
Our Immersive Salon: This salon offers hands-on experiences with augmented and virtual reality pieces, alongside the screening of the film Love Machina and discussions on AI workforce development.
The Annual March On Student & Emerging Filmmakers Competition: Screening the films of 12 finalists in narrative and documentary shorts, with prize winners announced.
Screenings of selected narrative and documentary films.

A panel on Inside the Book Business: Featuring executives involved in all stages of book publishing, from proposal to the shelves.
The Quiet Word: Two rounds of a silent book reading experience, where attendees will read from banned books and engage in one-on-one discussions.
A Fine Arts Salon: Curated by Black Art in America, this event features paintings and sculptures, a screening of a documentary on fine artist Augusta Savage, and panels on art-related subjects.
Our Immersive Salon: This salon offers hands-on experiences with augmented and virtual reality pieces, alongside the screening of the film Love Machina and discussions on AI workforce development.
The annual March On Student & Emerging Filmmakers Competition: Screening the films of 12 finalists in narrative and documentary shorts, with prize winners announced.
Screenings of selected narrative and documentary films.

Festival Recap

James Baldwin: Born With The Thunder – Discussion Panel – Copy – Copy

Join us for an insightful and powerful discussion as we explore the legacy of James Baldwin, one of the most influential voices in American literature and civil rights activism. This […]

James Baldwin: Born With The Thunder – Discussion Panel – Copy

Join us for an insightful and powerful discussion as we explore the legacy of James Baldwin, one of the most influential voices in American literature and civil rights activism. This […]

James Baldwin: Born With The Thunder – Discussion Panel

Join us for an insightful and powerful discussion as we explore the legacy of James Baldwin, one of the most influential voices in American literature and civil rights activism. This […]

FILMMAKER GRANDPRIZE WINNERS

Best Narrative Student

Feature Documentary

James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

Using rarely-seen archival footage from nine different countries, the film melds intimate interviews and eloquent public speeches with cinéma vérité glimpses of Baldwin and original scenes from his extraordinary funeral service in December 1987.

Best Narrative Emerging

Feature Documentary

Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space

An in-depth biography of Zora Neale Hurston, the influential author whose groundbreaking anthropological work would challenge assumptions about race, gender and cultural superiority that had long defined the field in the 19th century.

Best Documentary Student

Feature Documentary

W. E. B. Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices

The long and remarkable life of Dr. William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B) Du Bois (1868-1963) offers unique insights into an eventful century in African American history.

Best Documentary emerging

Feature Documentary

A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde

From Lorde's childhood roots in NYC's Harlem to her battle with breast cancer, this moving film explores a life and a body of work that embodied the connections between the Civil Rights movement, the Women's movement, and the struggle for lesbian and gay rights. At the heart of this documentary is Lorde's own challenge to "envision what has not been and work with every fiber of who we are to make the reality and pursuit of that vision irresistible."