Adapted from Kahlil Joseph’s renowned video art installation, BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions is a distinctive cinematic experience that mirrors the sonic textures of a record album, weaving fiction and history in an immersive journey where the fictionalized figures of W. E. B Du Bois and Marcus Garvey join artists, musicians, Joseph’s family, and even Twitter chats, in a vision for black consciousness.
Directed by Kahlil Joseph
art exhibition
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IMDB
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Letterboxd
3.8 / 5
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Cast
Shaunette Renée Wilson
Sarah
Peter Jay Fernandez
W.E.B Dubois
Penny Johnson Jerald
Mohamed Dione
The Chairman
Tony Okungbowa
Crew
Kahlil Joseph
Director
Kahlil Joseph
Writer
Klein
Original Music Composer
Kahlil Joseph
Editor
Paul Rogers
Editor
Bradford Young
Director of Photography
Kahlil Joseph
Producer
Nicolas Gonda
Producer
Steven Soderbergh
Executive Producer
David Linde
Executive Producer
Robina Riccitiello
Co-Executive Producer
Popular Reviews
9 reviews
chrisPRO
great editing, would absolutely watch a full documentary in this format. unfortunately fell asleep for most of the fictional narrative that the film is woven around but i enjoyed the parts that i was awake for✌️🥰
great editing, would absolutely watch a full documentary in this format. unfortunately fell asleep for most of the fictional narrative that the film is woven around but i enjoyed the parts that i was awake for✌️🥰
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nay
8.0★ · 03/08/26
an amazingly done, rich & archival piece… so happy it was introduced to me .
an amazingly done, rich & archival piece… so happy it was introduced to me .
Couillon
10.0★ · 03/07/26
No words can describe this movie accurately.
No words can describe this movie accurately.
George S
i loved the movement in the montage editing and the encyclopedia motif. first time i’ve seen Vine’s used in a film and didn’t cringe. those parts were soooo good.
i loved the movement in the montage editing and the encyclopedia motif. first time i’ve seen Vine’s used in a film and didn’t cringe. those parts were soooo good.
Robin Hellgren
7.0★ · 10/13/25
This mixture of documentary and fiction is nothing short of a work of art, it’s a balancing act that many have tried but few succeed with
This mixture of documentary and fiction is nothing short of a work of art, it’s a balancing act that many have tried but few succeed with
