Somebody Should Do Something
A Message from the Artistic Director: November 2025
October 2025 Newsletter
Pictured above: At just 35 years old, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on October 14, 1964—the youngest person ever to receive the honor at […]
Stories That Move — October 2025 Edition – In partnership with Mahogany Books
Discover Stories That Move — October 2025 Edition with Mahogany Books. Explore 26 inspiring titles celebrating Black wellness, wisdom, and resilience.
Celebrating the 2025 Festival
The 2025 March On! Festival has come to a close—and what a remarkable week it was. As journalist, anchor, and author Janet Langhart Cohen reflected, “Being with the March On! family was like being ‘home’…and I’ve sure missed ‘home.’”
March On Festival Announces Winners of the 2025 Student & Emerging Filmmaker Competition
The March On! Festival, the nation’s longest-running Civil Rights Film Festival, will feature leading figures in the fight for justice, including Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Joy Reid, Former Attorney General Eric Holder, Jonathan Capeheart, and others.
2025 Shortlist for Filmmaker Competitions
The March On! Festival, the nation’s longest-running Civil Rights Film Festival, will feature leading figures in the fight for justice, including Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Joy Reid, Former Attorney General Eric Holder, Jonathan Capeheart, and others.
Cultural Conversations w/ Nina Ligon & Isisara Bey “March On! Fest”
March On! uses the power of the arts—film, performing, and visual—to find, encourage, and bring to life the stories of both icons and foot soldiers from the Civil Rights Movement. […]
You Skurred?
A Message from the Artistic Director: October 2025
‘March On!’ Festival Reimagines Public Health in Black America
Guided under a 2025 theme of: “The Right to Be Well,” March On! Festival – the nation’s longest-running civil rights film festival – deemed Washington as the place to champion health equity and wellness Sept. 15-21.
The Nap Ministry Preaches ‘Rest is Resistance’
March On! Festival hosted “Napping as Resistance: Rest as a Tool for Collective Liberation,” led by Tricia Her