​Black Film as Protest: Jessica Jones

​Join us for the return of the Black Film as Protest screening series! We're launching a new season focused on radical filmmakers from the global diaspora, starting with a special evening featuring Jessica Jones

​​Screening:
AAACC (African American Art & Culture Complex)
Friday, April 10, 2026
6P (Doors open)
Free Community Screening
Filmmaker in person

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​WOMEN WHO RIDE follows Tish Edwards, founder and president of D’Vious Wayz MC, Oakland’s first Black women’s motorcycle club. For over twenty years, Tish has led the club with discipline, care, and unwavering commitment, and created a space where Black women can ride, lead, and belong in a culture long dominated by men.
womenwhoridefilm.com

​About the Filmmaker
Jessica Jones is an Emmy® (CA-regional) nominated documentary filmmaker and editor. Her work often focuses on community, representation, and racial equity through character-driven narratives. She has been a part of the editing team for films that have appeared on Netflix, Disney+, and PBS. Recent editor credits include BORN FOR THIS (dir: Jen Gilomen) and the forthcoming feature, COACH EMILY (dir: Pallavi Somusetty). In addition, she has edited numerous short documentaries that have appeared in The New York Times, BBC, KQED, and other outlets, including Webby-acknowledged series such as If Cities Can Dance (KQED) and My Black Joy (@instagram). She was the 2011 George Stoney Fellow at Working Films, a 2013 BAVC Mediamaker Fellow, a participant in the 2020 inaugural Re-Take Oakland fellowship program, one of the recipients of the 2024 California Arts Council Youth Speaks Individual Artist Fellows, and a 2023-24 Sundance Documentary Contributing Editor Fellow. Currently, she is a freelance editor, and directing the upcoming documentary, WOMEN WHO RIDE.
jonesica.com

​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:
Buriel Clay Theater
The African American Art & Culture Complex (AAACC)
762 Fulton St
San Francisco

​Details:

• ​Date: Friday, April 10, 2026

• ​Doors at 6:00 PM

• ​Screening at 6:30 PM

• ​Tickets: Free admission