This episode offers a sneak preview of the upcoming BlackStar Film Festival  opening on Thursday, August 3. Senior Program Manager, Nehad Khader discusses this year's festival theme of Resistance. And BlackStar’s Artistic Director Maori Karmael Holmes talks about the genesis of the  festival and how it has become a kind of family reunion for independent  filmmakers of color.  Featured tracks in this episode include Nina  Simone’s Four Woman, Sweet Honey in the Rock’s Echo and Horance Tapscott’s The Giant Has Awakened.