BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions

2025 1h 50m EN

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7.0

SOLID

★7.0TMDB · 1

Documentary

Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kaneza Schaal
Young W.E.B. Du Bois & Funmilayo Akachukwu
Hope Giselle
Lady
Shaunette Renée Wilson
Shayla Morris & Sarah
Tony Okungbowa
The Rum Tycoon
Zora Casebere
Max
Peter Jay Fernandez
W.E.B. Dubois
Penny Johnson Jerald
Shirley Graham Du Bois
John Tijani
Robert

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kahlil Joseph
Writers: Kahlil Joseph, Saidiya Hartman, Irvin Hunt
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released last year.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kahlil Joseph, shot by Bradford Young. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Klein. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Kahlil Joseph shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Kaneza Schaal and Hope Giselle and Shaunette Renée Wilson carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt17497960 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kahlil Joseph directs. Bradford Young behind the camera. Klein scores. Kahlil Joseph cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released last year.
2Directed by Kahlil Joseph, shot by Bradford Young. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Klein. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Kahlil Joseph shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Kaneza Schaal and Hope Giselle and Shaunette Renée Wilson carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt17497960 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.