BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions feels like a video-art installation that escaped from a museum and found its way to the big screen. It turns out this originally started as an installation done a few years back by filmmaker/visual artist Kahlil Joseph, who has also directed videos for Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé and other pop provocateurs. Inspired by an African diaspora encyclopedia conceived by W.E.B. Du Bois, Joseph goes long for the film version, piling on images from all forms of media (yes, even TikTok) and creating a cinematic collage of Blackness. He invites other filmmakers of color (including Tennessee native and All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt director Raven Jackson) to add more sights and sounds featuring Black folk. It plays for a few days at the Belcourt, but the final showing will be on the first day of Black History Month. So for those who’ve always wanted to use this time to learn more about, well, Black people shit, taking in a BLKNWS screening isn’t a bad place to start. Visit belcourt.org for showtimes.
Jan. 28-Feb. 1 at the Belcourt
2102 Belcourt Ave.
