​​Black Film as Protest: Shantré Pinkney

​Screening: Detour by Shantré Pinkney
Reading: Raw, Black & Blue Photobook
AAACC (African American Art & Culture Complex)
Friday, November 14, 2025
6P (Doors open)
630P (Reading)
645 (Screening)
Free Community Screening
Filmmaker in person.

​DETOUR (7 mins)
A love story told through the journals and photographs of Tamia, a photographer piecing her life back together after a nervous breakdown. When she reconnects with Keith, an old school crush now working as a community social worker, she begins documenting his work in the neighborhood where they grew up.

​Raw Black & Blue
Raw, Black and Blue is a love story told through the lens and journals of Tamia, a photographer navigating her relationships and mental health upon returning to her childhood home.

​Detour (excerpt from photo book Raw, Black & Blue)

• ​​Reading: Excerpt from the filmmaker's newly published photobook Raw, Black, & Blue.

• ​Screening: Watch a curated program of work by filmmaker Shantré Pinkney.

• ​​Discussion: Engage in a lively, insightful Q&A with the artist after the films.

• ​​Community: Connect with a community dedicated to radical cinema.

​Shantré Pinkney
Shantré Pinkney is a filmmaker, writer, and photographer with roots in New York and Atlanta. Her work reflects social relationships and characters coming of age through narrative, portrait, and documentary styles. She was awarded the Zellerbach Grant and selected as an Arts Fellow with Asian Improv Arts and a Media Fellow by Kala Arts Institute. Her work has been exhibited in film festivals, galleries, and museums, including the Pan African Film Festival, Somarts, and the historic African American Arts and Culture Complex in Fillmore, San Francisco. Through her work, Shantre partners with people and groups using storytelling through film, photography, literature, and audio narratives as a force for good.
shantre.com

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

​​ℹ️Details:

• ​​Date: Friday, November 14, 2025

• ​​Time: 6:30 PM (Doors at 6:00 PM)

• ​​Tickets: Free admission