San Antonio Black International Film Festival to celebrate HBCUs

Festival director Ada Babineaux hopes to attract a broad audience to this year's festival with a wide range of films.

, both actors on the national stage, are the Ankh Achievement Award honorees for this year’s festival, which runs Oct. 5-8 at several San Antonio locations. Babineaux said honoring such luminaries should attract the due attention she feels the festival deserves.

While the primary aim of programming 55 films over four days is to reach Black audiences with stories and images that represent their experiences, Babineaux said she wants the festival to “reach all audiences.” Block two starting at 11:45 a.m. takes a dystopic turn, featuring international short films from France, the U.K., Canada and Egypt.

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