Sanders and Frederick Host Inaugural HBCU Film Festival at Emory

Emory University Associate Professor of African American Studies Crystal R. Sanders and Harvard Divinity School Dean Marla Frederick sponsored the inaugural HBCU Film Festival at Emory University on April 11, 2025. Undergraduate and graduate students from throughout the United States submitted short films about some aspect of HBCU history and culture. Select films were screened during the festival and noted scholars and filmmakers participated in a panel about HBCUs and ways to raise the profiles of HBCUs using various media. Be on the lookout for information about the 2026 HBCU Film Festival!