BLACK AUGUST FILM FESTIVAL - AUGUST 16-17, 2025

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      • ZINZUN: A REVOLUTIONARY
      • JERRY PROCTOR: JUMP
    • PRESS
    • ZINZUN SCHOOL OF MEDIA
    • MUSIC-DOME
  • Home
  • BAFF/HOME
  • 2024 BAFF RECAP & WINNERS
  • PAAFF PRESENTS
    • WALT BUTLER: THE JET
    • ZINZUN: A REVOLUTIONARY
    • JERRY PROCTOR: JUMP
  • PRESS
  • ZINZUN SCHOOL OF MEDIA
  • MUSIC-DOME

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BLACK AUGUST FILM FESTIVAL

AUGUST 16-17, 2025

The Black August Film Festival will be held on August 16-17, 2025. The festival showcases films from around the world that address social issues.


Black August is an annual commemoration and prison-based holiday that honors freedom fighters and political prisoners, highlighting Black resistance against racial oppression. The event takes place throughout the entire month of August.


The Black Guerilla Family began Black August in San Quentin State Prison in 1979. A group of incarcerated individuals came together to commemorate the deaths of Pasadena residents Jonathan P. Jackson (d. August 7, 1970) and George Jackson (d. August 21, 1971) at San Quentin State Prison.

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 We are a 501C3 non-profit organization based in Southern California
Our mission is to teach teenagers the process of filmmaking from conception to completion. Also, to provide local filmmakers access to the tools needed to make quality projects. 


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We have volunteers from all areas of filmmaking, producers, writers, gaffers, electricians, and all other positions to educate our students in the art of filmmaking.

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The Pasadena African American Film Foundation hosted the first Black August Film Festival in 2022

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