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Culture. Truth. Inspiration.
About Us
We are Greenwood Film Festival
378
Submission
80
Films Screened
5
Days
14
Awards
The idea for the festival started when Dennis Delemar lived in Tulsa from 2014-2017. After filming two short films in Tulsa, he saw no platform for Black filmmakers to tell their stories unapologetically. Subsequently, the Greenwood Film Festival launched on June 12, 2021, during the 100-year centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. In a full circle moment, Dennis discovered that his draw to Tulsa was not random at all. His maternal Great Great-Grandfather lived in the Tulsa area in the early 1920s, and died in 1923.
Based in the home of Black Wall Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma, our mission is to create an atmosphere of life through Culture, Truth, and Inspiration. Born in the Jim Crow era, Black Wall Street of Tulsa has long been understood as one of the crown jewels of Black progress. But what if it wasn’t even the tip of the iceberg?
CULTURE
As world trendsetters, Black culture has long been imitated since the beginning of man. At GFF, we explore ancient Black culture beyond the mainstream narrative.
TRUTH
We define Truth as the most revolutionary man ever to walk the planet, from the hood of Nazareth. Yahusha is our insight into Black culture and what we are facing.
INSPIRATION
We believe that the world is full of darkness and death. GFF stands as a sharp contrast, bringing together films and conversations that breathe life, inspiring filmmakers and attendees to be who they are created to be.
Since 2021
Making History
When we have safe spaces in the community, to spotlight, to heal, to hold these dialogues, that can bring us collective unity, that's what we need.
The Greenwood Film Festival is marvelous and should be world-renowned. Just from the nuances that we represent, it's on its way there.
I think what really inspired me was when I came last year. I was like that could be a documentary, so I was inspired by the people around.
Executive Team
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