When the Roxbury International Film Festival (RIFF) began in 1999, their goal was to celebrate films that were written, produced and directed by filmmakers of color. In addition, they hoped to provide a much-needed venue for audiences to view some of these inspiring films and interact with the filmmakers who created them.
Now as it prepares for its 14th anniversary, RIFF continues to showcase and honor the work of emerging and established filmmakers of color and has become the largest festival in New England dedicated to this genre. Since its inception, the festival has welcomed over 30,000 attendees, and held screenings for more than 450 films by or about people of color.
Featuring both feature films and shorts, the Roxbury International Film Festival covers a wide array of themes, including aspects of everyday black life and culture, history, injustice, poverty, family life, and decolonization. The festival includes both documentaries, dramatic feature length and short films from broadly comic to deadly serious.
RIFF takes place over 4 days, with workshops and film screenings taking place at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Massachusetts College of Art, Northeastern University, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Roxbury Center for the Arts at Hibernian Hall, and other locations throughout Boston. It is produced by The Color of Film Collaborative of Boston, MA.
For more information, visit the Roxbury International Film Festival’s official website (Link)
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