BFP: Anyabwile Love - (Double Feature)
Black Film as Protest: Anyabwile Love
*We had to move the Maria Judice to 2026 to accommodate filmmaker schedules.
Masterclass & Second Screening
Masterclass: Anyabwile Love
BlackMaria Microcinema
2P (Doors open)
Screening: Speakn' Trane &The Spaces In Between
Live Music: Brass & Vocals
BlackMaria Microcinema
Saturday, Dec 13, 2026
6P (Doors open)
Filmmaker in person.
Both Programs $25
Speakn' Trane (22 mins)
About Filmmaker
Philadelphia native Anyabwile Love received his Ph.D. in Africana Studies from Temple University, May 2014. His most recent film projects include the short narratives, The Spaces In Between (writer and director) and Speakn’ Trane (writer, d. Shahkeem Williams). His current projects include the commissioned stage play, Dear Listener, and an adapted narrative short, The Invited (writer and director). He has received several funding awards for his current and past writing and filmmaking projects. Anyabwile is the founder and creator of The John Coltrane Symposium and former owner of Bailey Street Books. He currently serves on the Editorial Board of Siyabonana: The Journal of Africana Studies and as Associate Editor for the literary journal A Gathering Together, and is a tenured Assistant Professor of History and Black Studies at Community College of Philadelphia
About the BlackMaria Microcinema
The BlackMaria is a 40-seat brick-and-mortar space in San Francisco dedicated to cinema as study, discourse, and disruption. At its core is a cinema lens framework rooted in decolonization and abstract thinking, utilizing RDA (Rooted in Decolonization and Abstract Thinking).
Venue Details:
BlackMaria Microcinema
465 South VanNess
San Francisco, CA 94110
Details:
Date: Friday, December 12, 2026
Doors at 6:00 PM
Screening at 6:30 PM
Tickets: $25