Black As U R
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY [ 85 MIN ]
"BLACK AS U R" poses to Black America a highly confrontational and much avoided question. Why do we as a people protest against racial injustice, but disregard the injustices experienced by black queer people? After all, we are just as black as you are.
24 FESTIVALS · 7 AWARDS · 8 COUNTRIES · $60K PANAVISION PRIZE
MICHEAL RICE
Director
HOLLY FISCHER
Director of Photography
EDWARD RADFORD
Producer
BILLY PORTER
GERALD OXFORD
Executive Producers
Micheaux Film Festival Panavision Award, Los Angeles 2022
Frameline International Film Festival, San Francisco 2022
AWARDS
Out In The Silence Award
Frameline International Film Festival, 2022
Queer Black Voice Mentor Award
aGliff Film Festival, 2022
Best Feature Award
Columbus Black International Film festival, 2022
Best Documentary Feature Award
Panavision's Outstanding Feature Award
Micheaux Film Festival, 2022
Best Documentary Feature Award
Chevrolet Changemaker Award
NYC NewFest, 2022
Chevrolet Changemaker Award
NYC NewFest, 2022
FESTIVALS
- Massimadi Montréal Festival des films et des arts LGBTQ Afro (Montreal, Canada) FEB 11, 2022
- OUTFEST Fusion Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA) APRIL 9, 2022
- Pan African Film & Arts Festival (Los Angeles, CA) APRIL 19 – MAY 1, 2022
- Columbus Black International Film Festival (Columbus, OH) MAY 21, 2022
- Black Alphabet Film Festival (Cincinnati, OH) JUNE 16, 2022
- American Black Film Festival (Miami, FL) JUNE 18, 2022
- Frameline46 Film Festival (San Francisco, CA) JUNE 19, 2022
- AGIFF Film Festival (Toronto, Canada) JUNE 29 – JULY 3, 2022
- Micheaux Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA) JULY 16, 2022
- Vancouver Queer Film Festival (Vancouver, Canada) AUG 11 – 21, 2022
- aGLIFF /PRISM Film Festival (Austin, TX) AUG 26, 2022
- Black Alphabet Film Festival (Chicago, IL) SEPT 10, 2022
- Montreal Black International Film Festival (Montreal, Canada) SEPT 20 – 25, 2022
- Queer Lisbon26 Film Festival (Lisbon, Portugal) SEPT 22, 2022
- London Fringe Queer Film Festival (London, U.K.) SEPT 24, 2022
- Out on Film Atlanta’s LGBTQ Film Festival (Atlanta, GA) SEPT 25, 2022
- Silicon Valley Queer Film Festival (San Jose, CA) OCT 13 – 15, 2022
- NewFest NYC Film Festival (New York, NY) OCT 14 – 21, 2022
- Perlen – Queer Film Festival (Hanover, Germany) OCT 21 – 29, 2022
- Mix Copenhagen Film Festival (Copenhagen, Denmark) OCT 21 – 30, 2022
- Twisted Arts Film Festival (Tulsa, OK) NOV 11, 2022
- QDoc Film Festival (Portland, OR) NOV 11 – 13, 2022
- Teaneck Film Festival (Teaneck, NJ) NOV 13 – 20, 2022
- Melbourne Queer Film Festival (Melbourne, Australia) NOV 18 – 29, 2022
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
- Rialto Theatre (Atlanta, GA) AUG 14, 2024
- Mk2 Beaubourg (Paris, France) NOV 17, 2024
- Parkway Theatre (Baltimore, MD) FEB 15, 2025
- Roosevelt House, Hunter College (New York, NY) FEB 26, 2025
- Midtown Arts & Theater Center (Houston, TX) FEB 27, 2025
- Blaqout (Kansas City, MO) MAR 1, 2025
PRESS
“A kaleidoscopic journey through the fault lines of race, gender, history and sexuality in America.”
EYE FOR FILM ★★★★
“Exquisitely written, produced, directed and choreographed.”
BLACK OTTAWA SCENE
“A gripping documentary.”
THE RECKONING
- Variety: Outfest Fusion lineup, 2022
- The Hollywood Reporter: Outfest Fusion lineup, 2022
- Out Magazine, 2022
- The Advocate: A Powerful Look at Being Black & Queer in the BLM Era, APRIL 2022
- AU Magazine: cover story, JULY 2022
- Deadline: Billy Porter Joins as Executive Producer, FEB 2023
- Golden Globes: Micheal Rice Unapologetically Amplifies Black Queer Voices in America, JUNE 2023
- The Reckoning: In BLACK AS U R, Micheal Rice Turns a Rageful 2020 Into a Gripping Documentary
- INTO: Our Picks from Frameline, JUNE 2022
- Eye For Film: review, ★★★★
