BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
- Saturday, Jan 31, 2026, 7:15pm
- Sunday, Feb 1, 2026, 1:30pm
Screening location: SIFF Film Center – 167 Republican St, Seattle (located within the Seattle Center, just north of Climate Pledge Arena / east of KEXP and The Vera Project)
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.
Named one of the ten best movies of 2025 by Robert Daniels of RogerEbert.com and Manohla Dargis of The New York Times.
“…intricate, rich, and supremely ambitious.” Aisha Harris, NPR
Critic’s Pick! “Cinema needs more filmmakers like Joseph and his collaborators, artists making truly original work that emerges from a self-aware yet playful artistic vision.” Beandrea July, IndieWire
“This is a challenging, dense, and all-encompassing picture that works best when it’s allowed to wash over you. What is left on the shore after the tide of BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions recedes is imperative and also reliant on the idiosyncrasies of the viewer, leaving much to comb through before the next necessary watch.” Robert Daniels, RogerEbert.com