BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL will have 3 separate screenings at the 34th anniversary edition of the Pan African Film Festival 2026 in Los Angeles.
Feb 17 7PM Culver Theaters
Feb 19 12:10PM Culver Theaters
Feb 19: 12:30P Cinemark Baldwin Hills
Feb 19 12:10PM Culver Theaters
Feb 19: 12:30P Cinemark Baldwin Hills
For tickets and more information, visit the Pan African Film Festival website, or https://paff2026.eventive.org/films/69479b38a013df4a4fa8d013
Brathwaite took half a million photos including many of “ordinary” black people on the street and thousands of intimate and unexpected photos of stars at crucial moments of their lives, including Stevie Wonder, Muhammad Ali, Marvin Gaye, Roberta Flack, Nina Simone, and the Jackson Five.
Kwame Brathwaite’s photos of black communities and people focused on beauty and joy instead of trauma and conflict. Rihanna, Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Jesse Williams, Gabrielle Union, Tyler Mitchell and others speak emotionally and personally about discovering and championing Brathwaite's work. This uplifting, cinematic and bold film is rooted in blackness, telling the remarkable journey of artist/activist Kwame Brathwaite, his family, his peers, the Grandassa Models and of course his photographs.
BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL was produced by Misfits, Wayfarer and Joanna Boateng. It is directed by Yemi Bamiro Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz, Jesse Williams & Moby are executive producing. Otto Burnham edited the film.
February 17, 2026
