Firelight Films

10/30/2025

In honor of Miles Davis' 100th birthday, watch the acclaimed documentary Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, directed by Stanley Nelson, at the Kehrein Center for the Arts in Chicago on November 1 at 3pm. Tickets are $2.00. https://buff.ly/1dCSbYT

10/10/2025

Watch Sun Ra: Do The Impossible, directed by Christine Turner, at Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis. Screening at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema at the Square.

October 11 @ 1:15pm
October 18 @ 6pm

https://buff.ly/7q6PlUz

10/09/2025

Join ARRAY360 for the BLACK PANTHERS X3 screening series. Reflecting on revolutionary history and radical imagination through the cinematic lens.

Saturday, October 18, - FREE
Doors open at 12pm

Black Panthers x3 with
Agnès Varda’s BLACK PANTHERS (1968)
Stanley Nelson’s THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION (2015),
Ryan Coogler’s BLACK PANTHER (2018).

✨ https://bit.ly/4ocyI86

10/01/2025

Attend the Fist Up Film Festival screening of WE WANT THE FUNK! Directed by Stanley Nelson and Nicole London at La Peña Cultural Center. Journey through the history of funk music, from its roots to its global impact. Free screening on October 4th. https://buff.ly/jcNzkz4

09/25/2025

We're thrilled to announce that "Sun Ra: Do The Impossible," directed by Christine Turner and executive-produced by Stanley Nelson, is now screening internationally.
Learn more and find a screening near you. 🪐
✨ Link in Bio

09/24/2025

WE WANT THE FUNK! Encore screening in Harlem. Come join ImageNation and Street Corner Resources (SCR) for a groovy time at the SCR's PEACE GARDEN at 133 W 140th St. in Harlem. Drew and the Funk Band will be performing live before the film.

FREE EVENT. LIMITED SEATING. RSVP.

Join us for a special encore screening of WE WANT THE FUNK - get ready to groove all night long!

09/23/2025

How to tell stories about health equity – A conversation with the filmmakers of “Critical Condition: Health in Black America” on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, at 1PM at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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Join the Center for Health Communication for a special screening and discussion event centered around Critical Condition: Health in Black America, a PBS documentary produced by NOVA and Firelight Films.

09/22/2025

Join NOVA and Firelight Films at Harvard University’s Science Center on September 23 for a screening and panel discussion of Critical Condition and When Machines Prescribe, new films about health disparities in the U.S.

Register here: https://bit.ly/4gps7EH

09/18/2025

WE WANT THE FUNK! Encore screening in Harlem. Come join ImageNation and Street Corner Resources (SCR) for a groovy time at the SCR's PEACE GARDEN at 133 W 140th St. in Harlem. Drew and the Funk Band will be performing live before the film.

FREE EVENT. LIMITED SEATING. RSVP. https://bit.ly/4mqn5sZ

09/17/2025

Join us on September 18 at 6:00 PM ET for an urgent conversation about Critical Condition: Health in Black America, the acclaimed NOVA and Firelight Films documentary by Stanley Nelson. Howard University Hospital, Towers Auditorium. FREE. https://buff.ly/gELyMp2

09/15/2025

Join us for an urgent conversation featuring clips from Critical Condition: Health in Black America, the acclaimed NOVA and Firelight Films documentary by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Stanley Nelson. The film traces how structural racism, medical bias, and lived experience shape health today. The evening includes a live panel with featured voices from the film and a post-event reception to continue the dialogue.

📅 Date: Thursday, September 18, 2025
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM ET (Doors open at 5:30 PM; Reception at 7:45 PM)
📍 Location: Howard University Hospital, Towers Auditorium
This event is free with registration and open to the public.
🔗 Register today: https://buff.ly/gELyMp2

Presented in partnership with NOVA and Howard University Hospital, the Georgetown-Howard Center for Medical Humanities and Health Justice, WETA, and WHUT.