Virginia Film Festival

Burning Cane

Preceded by the short film Easter Snap. God-fearing Helen Wayne’s faith is quietly tested when the relationships…

Clemency

Preceded by the short film Slave Cry Prison warden Bernadine Williams has objectively carried out several…

Pahokee

Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan paint a detailed and astonishingly nuanced portrait of Pahokee, a small…

Always in Season

Preceded by the short film What if Black Boys Were Butterflies? When Claudia Lacy’s 17-year-old son, Lennon,…

Easter Snap

Screens before the feature film Burning Cane With a baited handling of American symbolism, director RaMell Ross…

Harriet

Based on the extraordinary life of Harriet Tubman, this film chronicles the American hero’s escape from…

Just Mercy

Bryan Stevenson, a young lawyer in Monroeville, Alabama, has dedicated himself to a case involving Walter…

We Are the Radical Monarchs

Over the course of several years, director Linda Goldstein Knowlton has followed the unexpected rise of…

What If Black Boys Were Butterflies?

Screens before the feature film Always In Season While other boys can enjoy a childhood of freedoms,…