IBDFF 2023

We are pleased to announce that the 4th Annual Indianapolis Black Documentary Film Festival (IBDFF) will take place on Friday,,, August 4th - Sunday August 6th, 2023.

On Friday August 4th, IBDFF will bestow our 2nd Annual IBDFF Spotlight Award to a deserving filmmaker who has created films that shine a positive light on the African American Experience.

On August 5th and 6th, the festival will screen a variety of documentary films that span the Diaspora. We look forward to having you with us.

Purchase tickets for Opening Night here.

Friday, August 4

Saturday, August 5

Reception and Featured Screening
Indianapolis Art Center
820 East 67th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46220

Awarding of the IBDFF Spotlight Award

Saturday, August 5

Full Screening Day - 2-A
Indianapolis Art Center
820 East 67th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46220

Saturday, August 5

Full Screening Day - 2-B

Kan-Kan Cinema and Brasserie
1258 Windsor Street
Indianapolis, IN 46201

Sunday, August 6

Saturday, August 5

Full Screening Day
Kan-Kan Cinema and Brasserie
1258 Windsor Street
Indianapolis, IN 46201

Film Descriptions

Schedule subject to change. Buy tickets for separate blocks, full days, or the whole event here.

08/04/2023

Opening Night

6pm

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9pm

Indianapolis Art Center, 820 East 67th Street Indianapolis, IN

Event Details

08/04/2023

Opening Night

Olympic Pride, American Prejudice - an American documentary film written and directed by Deborah Riley Draper. Dr. Amy Tiemann, Michael A. D...

Event Details

6pm

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9pm

Indianapolis Art Center, 820 East 67th Street Indianapolis, IN

08/05/2023

Day 2-A

10am

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9:30pm

Indianapolis Art Center, 820 East 67th Street Indianapolis, IN

Event Details

08/05/2023

Day 2-A

Block 1 - (10:00 AM-12:00 PM)

Just Wait - Directed by Ira Mallory

A woman has hid her breast cancer diagnosis for a year and decides to wait u...

Event Details

10am

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9:30pm

Indianapolis Art Center, 820 East 67th Street Indianapolis, IN

08/05/2023

Day 2-B

10am

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10pm

The Kan-Kan Cinemas, 1258 Windsor Street Indianapolis, IN

Event Details

08/05/2023

Day 2-B

Block 6 - (10:00 AM-12:00 PM)

What We Deserve (Restorative Justice & Reparation) - Directed by Shelley Jarrett

The film looks at over 400 trou...

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10am

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10pm

The Kan-Kan Cinemas, 1258 Windsor Street Indianapolis, IN

08/06/2023

Day 3

10am

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7:30pm

The Kan-Kan Cinemas, 1258 Windsor Street Indianapolis, IN

Event Details

08/06/2023

Day 3

Block 11 - (10:00 AM-12:00 PM)

The Inconvenient Native Son- Malcolm X and the Nebraska Hall of Fame - Directed by Victoria L. White

Malcolm X,...

Event Details

10am

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7:30pm

The Kan-Kan Cinemas, 1258 Windsor Street Indianapolis, IN

IBDFF 2023

Opening Night

Friday, August 4

Saturday, August 5

Saturday, August 5

Saturday, August 5

Saturday, August 5

Saturday, August 5

Saturday, August 5

Saturday, August 5

Saturday, August 5

Sunday, August 6

Saturday, August 5

Saturday, August 5

Schedule

Film Descriptions

08/04/2023

Opening Night

6pm

-

9pm

08/04/2023

Opening Night

6pm

-

9pm

08/05/2023

Day 2-A

10am

-

9:30pm

08/05/2023

Day 2-A

10am

-

9:30pm

08/05/2023

Day 2-B

10am

-

10pm

08/05/2023

Day 2-B

10am

-

10pm

08/06/2023

Day 3

10am

-

7:30pm

08/06/2023

Day 3

10am

-

7:30pm

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