Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Director J.E. Franklin and actress Peggy Pettitt discuss Black Girl with NYFF advisor Gina Telaroli.

Ossie Davis’s vibrant and fiercely honest third feature, adapted from J. E. Franklin’s popular off-Broadway play, stars Peggy Pettitt as Billie Jean, a misunderstood young Black woman attempting to build a new life for herself by becoming a dancer.

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