The Ottawa Black Film Festival is an annual

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, which festival programs a selection of

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and

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films.Shireen Agharazidormani
"The First Ottawa Black Film Festival #OBFF21"
''Apt613'', March 24, 2021. The festival was launched in 2021 as an outgrowth of the

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, which was created by actress and filmmaker

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. Due to the

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, the inaugural event was staged online.Lynn Saxberg
"Black Film Festival to make its Ottawa debut this month"
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'', March 8, 2021. Films screened at the inaugural event included ''The Special'', ''Black Boys'', ''

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'', '' Stateless'' and ''Dope is Death''.

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