June 22-25

Palace Theatre

19 Clinton Avenue

The first annual Renaissance Black Film Festival (RBFF) will run June 22–25 at the historic Palace Theatre and the Renaissance Hotel, both within walking distance from one another.

 

Screening schedule:

Thu, June 22: 7:30PM Film Palace Theatre (Exclusive Feature w/ Talk Back) $45/ticket

Fri, June 23: 10AM/1PM/4PM Renaissance Hotel (Shorts) $25/ticket
Fri, June 23: 11AM/1PM/3PM Palace Theatre (Features) $25/ticket
Fri, June 23: 7PM Palace Theatre (Exclusive Feature w/ Panel Discussion) $45/ticket

Sat, June 24: 10AM/1PM/4PM Renaissance Hotel (Shorts) $25/ticket
Sat, June 24: 10AM/12PM/1PM/4PM Palace Theatre (Film + Panel Discussion & Exclusive Feature + Panel Discussion) $45/ticket
Sat, June 24: 7PM Palace Theatre (Panel Discussion prior to Exclusive Feature) $45/ticket

Sun, June 25: 10AM Renaissance Hotel (Feature) $15/ticket

 

The festival is helmed by serial entrepreneur and Palace Theatre’s Executive Director Kevin Johnson, filmmaker Micah Khan, and premier creative agency Collectiveffort, and supported by NAACP Image Award recipient Morris Chestnut as the Festival’s ambassador, and panelists and honorary board members Gail Bean of FX’s Snowfall and Starz’s P-Valley and acclaimed screenwriter and director Jamal Hill, among many others. RBFF was developed with two goals in mind: to spotlight Black artists and creatives within the film industry, and to recognize New York’s Capital Region as a budding filmmaking epicenter.