2026 Schedule

New World Center - Performance Hall

• Netflix's Celebration of Black Television Panel Sponsored by Netflix
  2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
• Living Fully, Leading Forward: Taye Diggs on Longevity, Resilience, and Purpose Sponsored by AARP
  5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
• Hey Ladies Comedy Experience

  9:30 PM

  9:30 PM - 11:00 PM

New World Center - Truist Pavilion

• Crunchyroll Presents: Black Fandom of Anime Sponsored by Sony Pictures Entertainment
  10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
• Vertical Money: A Distributor's Truth About the Microdrama Game Sponsored by Hartbeat | BLKTOPIA
  1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
• BOB Talks: Inspiring Stories, Black-Owned Brands Sponsored by Walmart
  4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
• 10 Years of Collecting and Preserving Black Film at NMAAHC Sponsored by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
  6:45 PM - 8:00 PM

Convention Center - Theater #1

• DC as a Creative Capital — Pathways to Production and Power Sponsored by Motion Picture Association
  10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
• "From Stage to Screen: Aleshea Harris on Directing Is God Is" Sponsored by Amazon MGM Studios
  1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
• Special Screening: "The Brittney Griner Story" Sponsored by ESPN · ABFF Sports Track
  4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
• Voices of Culture Block #3 Age Of Quorum, Fairytales, 500 Seconds To Tell You, Intergalactic Ingenue, Killer Of Men, Peace by Piece
  8:00 PM - 9:45 PM

Convention Center - Theater #2

• Small Gods 10:30 AM
  10:30 AM - 12:25 PM
• Voices: The Musical 1:55 PM
  1:55 PM - 3:35 PM
• Three Colors: Pan-African 5:05 PM
  5:05 PM - 7:15 PM
• Voices of Culture Block #4 The Day You Find Your Name, Echoes Beneath the Hill, Ella, EL TIGUERE
  8:45 PM - 10:15 PM

O Cinema

• The Foolishness of God: A Forgiveness Journey with Desmond Tutu 11:00 AM
  11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
• A Story About You 2:30 PM
  2:30 PM - 4:05 PM
• Hoop Street 5:35 PM
  5:35 PM - 7:10 PM
• Beyond 8:40 PM
  8:40 PM - 10:00 PM

Other Venues

• Branded Activations Ally Cinematic Lounge Presented by Ally Financial

  10:00 AM - 7:00 PM

  (Miami Beach Convention Center - Floor 2) · Welcome Home Presented by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture

  10:00 AM - 6:30 PM
  and
  8:00 PM - 9:00 PM

  (Miami Beach Convention Center - Floor 2) Your Lexus Culinary Experience Awaits Presented by Lexus

  10:00 AM - 8:00 PM

  (New World Center - Lawn)
  10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
• Screening Under the Stars, Brown Sugar Free Community Event · (New World Center - Wall)
  8:00 PM - 10:00 PM