​Black Film as Protest: Jessica Jones

​Join us for the return of the Black Film as Protest screening series! Our program this month includes a masterclass with editor, director, and producer Jessica Jones.

​​Jessica Jones Masterclass:
BlackMaria
Saturday, April 11, 2026
2P (Doors open)

​​MASTERCLASS
Gather in a sacred space for conversation, reflection, and movement. Jones will move through various projects over her professional and artistic career as an editor, director, and producer.

​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).

​​A project of Indigofera—a creative meditation on place, space/time continuum, and community.

​Venue Details:
BlackMaria MIcrocinema
465 South VanNess
San Francisco, CA 94110

​Details:

• ​Date: Saturday, April 11, 2026

• ​​2:00 PM (Doors Open)

• ​​2:30 PM (Class Begins)

• ​​$15 (Online)

• ​​$18 (Door)