Oscar-Winning Director Barry Jenkins, Emmy-Winning Actress Regina King, Actress Kiki Layne, Actor Stephan James To Join Post-Screening ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Discussion Oct. 27
“Widows” To Open Smithsonian African American Film Festival
The Smithsonian African American Film Festival, presented by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, has announced its opening and closing film selections—joining the nearly 80 previously announced films that will be screened over the four-day event, including the 15 films that will premiere in competition in the Oprah Winfrey Theater. The inaugural film festival will open with Oscar-winning director Steve McQueen’s Widows (2018) and will wrap up with Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins’ latest, If Beale Street Could Talk (2018).
