Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Adam McMath/Black Alphabet Film Festival

 In 2013 Adam McMath’s documentary “Miss Understud” debuted at the Black Alphabet Film Festival. Fast forward four years and McMath now sits on the BAFF Board as the Vice President & Director of Programming. The festival takes place this year from August 18-19 at The Reva & David Logan Center for the Arts in Chicago. Six films will be screened - “90 Days”, “Missed Connections”, “Jewel’s Catch One”, “Kiki’, “Check It” and “pronouns” -with a Friday night discussion with Nathan Hale Williams and Nic Few from “90 Days.” 

BAFF is committed to keeping the African American community informed about new LGBTQ films along with the artists and filmmakers that serve our community both locally and nationally.  Black Alphabet Film Festival (BAFF) symbolizes the unity and affirming of diversity in gender and sexual expression within the Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer or Questioning (LGBTQ) community. The organization’s mission is to empower the community by promoting, nurturing and celebrating the stories of Black LGBTQ-identified people through the art of film.