BlackStar Film Festival

Press & Industry: Autoscopy Shorts

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Ourselves in the archive.


Thank you to our screening partner: Memory Workers Guild.

Intimately kaleidoscopic archival footage of nature and the African diaspora is paired with 1940s interviews of formerly enslaved people reflecting on their childhoods, allowing a window into seeing Black history through their eyes while exploring rebirth, life and death.

  • Year
    2026
  • Runtime
    16 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    World
  • Genre
    Short Documentary
  • Content Warning
    Blown out highlights and lens flares throughout
  • Director
    Harlan Banks
  • Producer
    Harlan Banks
  • Cast
    Fountain Hughes, Laura Smalley, Wallace Quarterman, Amelia Dawley
  • Editor
    Harlan Banks
  • Composer
    Nate Eberhardt
  • Sound Design
    Harlan Banks
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