​Black Film as Protest: Maria Judice

​MASTERCLASS
This masterclass uses my films as case studies to examine failure. I will show clips from Geraniums, Moonless, Spaced, and unreleased projects to talk about practical mistakes in collaboration, financing, distribution, and development. The session offers a straightforward approach to learning from these experiences, helping you to trust your process and produce work that is personally meaningful and community-focused.

About Filmmaker
Maria Judice is a filmmaker, artist, and cultural worker with an M.F.A. from CalArts. M is celebrated for her radical storytelling, hailed by Wired as a "filmmaker provocateur." Her award-winning short Palm Trees Down 3rd St. (2008) was deemed "a masterpiece" by Film Threat. Her feature Elephant (2022) premiered at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, winning at Indie Memphis, while she produced Neptune Frost (Cannes 2021). In 2024, Maria launched The BlackMaria Microcinema in San Francisco, amplifying decolonized narratives and education on unceded Yelamu Ramaytush Ohlone land. She is a founding member of Red Clay Soundhaus and 465 Collective.

​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 Van Ness
Yelamu, San Francisco

​Details:

• ​Date: Sunday, March 15, 2026

• ​3:00 PM (Doors Open)

• ​3:30 PM (Class Begins)

• ​$20 (Online)

• ​$24 (Door)

• ​BlackMaria Microcinema
  465 South Van Ness