Black Light: A Howard Short Film Showcase
A two-night screening featuring emerging filmmakers from Howard University’s Directing for Film & TV program, alongside MFA filmmakers and alumni.
April 30 – May 1
Miracle Theatre, Washington, DC (@themiracledc )
Tickets in bio.
#BlackLightShowcase #HowardUniversity #DCEvents #StudentFilmmakers #HUFilm
MFA Filmmakers at Black Light – Spring 2026
Tobacco Road (2025) – Kiara Danae Mangum
ODE (2023) – Christopher Juwain
Terminal (2025) – Larry J. Sanders
601 (2025) – Ry’n Good
Distance (2020) – Richard Schertzer
Nightmare Therapy (2025) – Zion Binet Murphy
Private Lessons (2025) – Tamia Edmonds
Sky & Jay: A Love Story (2026) – Khalil Gamble
đź“ŤMay 1 @themiracledc
🎟️Tickets: link in bio
Hello everyone, my name is Ayana Thomas. I want to warmly invite you to a special premiere of my short film, Second Sunrise, at Black Light: A Howard Short Film Showcase.
It would truly mean so much to have you there to share this moment and celebrate this project with me!
📅 April 30 – May 1, 2026
đź“Ť The Miracle Theatre, Washington, D.C.
🎟 Tickets: blacklightshowcase.com (link in bio)
#BlackLightShowcase #HowardFilm #HowardUniversity #EmergingBlackFilmmakers
@blacklightshowcase@zionbinetmurphy (Associate Programmer)
@gubenkoivan (Poster Designer)
@themiracledc (Venue)
@hufo1989 (HUFO)
@fractured.atlas (fiscal sponsor)
@sanai.bobbie@oliviamichaelaaa
So excited to finally share that my short film “Pressed” will premiere at Black Light: A Howard Short Film Showcase. All detail will be available in my bio and below!
📅 April 30 – May 1, 2026
đź“Ť The Miracle Theatre, Washington, D.C.
🎟 Tickets: blacklightshowcase.com (link in bio)
#BlackLightShowcase #HowardFilm #HowardUniversity #EmergingBlackFilmmakers
Black Light returns.
What began as a classroom became a public gathering.
More soon @blacklightshowcase .
Photographs by Zenobia Kelley & Misha Bernard-Lucien
From the Classroom to the Big Screen
The classroom is where it begins. The questions, the drafts, the risks, the revisions. This is the part the audience never sees, but it’s the foundation for everything we create.
Teaching is a balance of guiding, witnessing, and letting go. Watching students step into their own space, on their own terms, is the real gift of this work.
Thank you to my students for showing up with curiosity, discipline, and courage.
Thank you for the light you bring into the room.
In the light we grow. ✨
đź“·: @theebamideleaina
#BlackLightShowcase #HowardFilm #HUYouKnow
