ORGANIZE A SCREENING
Bring Assembly to your community, campus, institution or organization.
Available options:
- 98-minute theatrical version
- 55-minute broadcast version
- Decolonization workshop led by Being the Digital Griot
- Post-screening conversation (in-person or virtual) with filmmakers Rashaad Newsome and Johnny Symons
- Virtual toolkit to promote your screening
Contact us at assemblythefilm@gmail.com and let us know what you have in mind, and our team will get back to you.
Current Broadcast
PBS Independent Lens
available on PBS stations and PBS Passport as of June 22nd
(55-min TV version)
Current Streaming
PBS Documentaries YouTube channel
90 days only!
June 22 – September 21, 2026
(55-min TV version)
Upcoming Festival Screenings
(98-min theatrical version)
Past Screenings
SXSW Film & TV Festival ∙ March 7-15, 2025 ∙ World Premiere
BFI FLARE London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival ∙ March 19 – 30, 2025 ∙ International Premiere)
Salem Film Fest ∙ March 30, 202 ∙ Closing Night
Wicked Queer: Boston’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival ∙ April 5, 2025
PATOIS: The New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival ∙ April 5, 2025
Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival ∙ April 11 & 13, 2025
Ashland Independent Film Festival ∙ April 24-27, 2025
Hot Docs ∙ April 29 & May 2, 2025 ∙ Canadian Premiere
BLK Queer Film Festival | World Pride ∙ May 27, 2025
Black Alphabet Film Festival Houston ∙ May 31, 2025
NewFest Pride ∙ June 1, 2025 ∙ New York Premiere
Port Townsend Film Festival ∙ June 8, 2025
Sydney Film Festival ∙ June 12 & 15, 2025 ∙ Australian Premiere
cinéSPEAK’s Under the Stars Film Festival ∙ June 13, 2025
Cinema Club Images of Africa ∙ June 14, 2025
deadCenter Film Festival ∙ June 14 & 15, 2025
Frameline ∙ June 27, 2025 ∙ Bay Area Premiere
Maine International Film Festival ∙ July 14 & 17, 2025
San Jose Playhouse Big Screen Project – Reel Justice Series ∙ August 3, 2025
Reel Queer Film Festival Little Rock ∙ August 21, 2025
ACMI Now or Never ∙ August 27 & 29 & 31, 2025
Twisted Arts Film Festival ∙ Sep 13, 2025
DMZ International Documentary Film Festival ∙ Sep 15-16, 2025 ∙ South Korean Premiere
Reel Pride Film Festival ∙ Sep 17, 2025
Afrika Film Festival Köln ∙ Sep 21, 2025
Out on Film: Atlanta Gay & Lesbian ∙ Sep 28, 2025
Baltimore International Black Film Festival ∙ Oct 2, 2025
Black Alphabet Film Festival Cincinnati ∙ Oct 3, 2025
Reel Q Pittsburgh LGBTQ Film Festival ∙ Oct 4, 2025
Vancouver International Film Festival ∙ October 11-12, 2025
ImageOut – The Rochester LGBTQ+ Film Festival ∙ Oct 18, 2025
Everybody’s Perfect Geneva International Queer Film Festival ∙ Oct 18-19, 202
Twin Cities Film Festival ∙ Oct 21, 2025
The DC LGBTQ+ Community Center ∙ Oct 24, 2025
Pornfilmfestival Berlin ∙ Oct 24-26, 2025
Utah Queer Film Festival ∙ Oct 25, 2025
Black Alphabet Film Festival ∙ Oct 25, 2025
MIX CPH ∙ Oct 25 & Nov 2, 2025
Guelph Film Festival ∙ Nov 8, 2025
Outfest / Black Cat Cinema ∙ Nov 10, 2025
Centre Film Festival ∙ Nov 11, 2025
QueerFilmFestival Esslingen ∙ Nov 19, 2025
ReelOut Queer Film + Video Festival ∙ Feb 1, 2026
SFSU Coppola Theater – FREE ∙ Feb 24, 2026
Salt Spring Island Film Festival ∙ Feb 28, 2026
Yale University ∙ March 3, 2026
Dartmouth College ∙ March 30, 2026
Queergestreift Filmfestival ∙ April 25, 2026
Utah Queer Film Festival (Best of Fest) ∙ May 8, 2026 at 7pm
Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst ∙ May 17, 2026
BAY AREA
Theatrical Run
Cinemark Century Walnut Creek
Oct 3, 2025, FREE
Post-screening conversation with filmmakers
Tickets: assemblythefilm@gmail.com
(Walnut Creek, CA)
SOLD OUT
SFMOMA
Oct 4, 2025 at 1pm, FREE
Post-screening conversation with filmmakers
Tickets
(San Francisco)
The Roxie Theater
Oct 5, 2025 at 3:20pm
Post-screening conversation with filmmakers
Tickets
(San Francisco)
NEW YORK
Theatrical Run
Cinema Village
Oct 10-16, 2025 at 2pm, 4:30pm, 7pm, and 9:30pm
Tickets
Post-screening conversation with filmmakers after all 7pm shows and 2pm weekend matinees
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