United States / Jan 27, 2025 / Sundance Film Festival
Overall average
5.0/10
Videos
Plot
Adapted from Kahlil Joseph’s renowned video art installation, BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions is a distinctive cinematic experience that mirrors the sonic textures of a record album, weaving fiction and history in an immersive journey where the fictionalized figures of W. E. B Du Bois and Marcus Garvey join artists, musicians, Joseph’s family, and even Twitter chats, in a vision for black consciousness.
Genres
Documentary
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Rich Spirit, JustFilms / Ford Foundation, BLKNWS |
| Official site | blknws.richspirit.com |
| Release date | 28 novembre 2025 |
| Executive producer | Anikah McLaren, Steven Soderbergh, David Linde, James Shani, Robina Riccitiello |
| Production | Kahlil Joseph, Onye Anyanwu, Amy Greenleaf, Nicolas Gonda, Kwaku Obeng Boateng |
| Writer | Kahlil Joseph, Saidiya Hartman, Irvin Hunt, Onye Anyanwu, Kristen Adele Calhoun, Christina Sharpe, Madebo Fatunde, Kaneza Schaal |
| Casting | Aisha Coley |
| Editing | Kahlil Joseph, Luke Lynch, Paul Rogers |
| Cinematography | Bradford Young, Jaclyn Martinez |
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| Assistant directors | Kahlil Joseph |
| Camera operators | Bradford Young, Jaclyn Martinez |
| Additional photography | Bradford Young, Jaclyn Martinez |
| Production design | Nora Mendis, Nathan Parker, Warren Alan Young, Mark Larkin, Naomi Munro |
| Art direction | Mark Larkin, Naomi Munro, Nora Mendis, Nathan Parker, Warren Alan Young |
| Set decoration | Nora Mendis, Nathan Parker, Warren Alan Young, Mark Larkin, Naomi Munro |
| Music | Klein, Jacob Flack, Brent Kiser, Peter Osterlund |
| Sound | Jacob Flack, Brent Kiser, Peter Osterlund, Klein |
| Budget | 6.000.000 € |
Release dates
Premiere
Germany / Feb 19, 2025 / Berlin International Film Festival
Argentina / Apr 06, 2025 / Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Australia / Jun 06, 2025 / Sydney Film Festival
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Canada / Sep 05, 2025 / Toronto International Film Festival
United Kingdom / Oct 12, 2025 / BFI London Film Festival
Brazil / Oct 16, 2025 / São Paulo International Film Festival
Austria / Oct 18, 2025 / Vienna International Film Festival
Limited release
United States / Nov 28, 2025
Digital
United States / Mar 06, 2026
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