WhileBlack

{{short description|2026 Canadian documentary film}} {{Correct title|#WhileBlack|reason=#}} {{Infobox film | name = <nowiki>#</nowiki>WhileBlack | image = | caption = | director = Sidney Fussell Jennifer Holness | producer = Ann Shin Mariam Bastani Sidney Fussell | writer = Sidney Fussell Jennifer Holness Ann Shin | starring = Darnella Frazier Diamond Reynolds | music = Todor Kobakov | cinematography = Ricardo Diaz Amber Fares Christian Bielz | editing = Mark Staunton | studio = Fathom Film Group | distributor = | released = {{Film date|2026|3|13|SXSW}} | runtime = 84 minutes | country = Canada United States | language = English | budget = }} '''''#WhileBlack''''' is an American-Canadian documentary film, directed by Sidney Fussell and Jennifer Holness and released in 2026.<ref name=pov>Victor Stiff, [https://povmagazine.com/whileblack-review-the-high-costs-of-going-viral/ "#WhileBlack Review: The High Costs of Going Viral"]. ''Point of View'', April 25, 2026.</ref> The film profiles Darnella Frazier, the woman who became caught up in the murder of George Floyd when her documentation of the incident for social media played a key role in undermining the police's official account of the events, and Diamond Reynolds, the woman whose livestream played a similar role following the killing of Philando Castile.<ref>Frank Scheck, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/whileblack-review-george-floyd-facebook-documentary-1236529189/ "‘#WhileBlack’ Review: Timely Documentary Explores the Collision of Black Trauma and Social Media"]. ''The Hollywood Reporter'', March 15, 2026.</ref>

The film premiered on March 13, 2026, at the 2026 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival,<ref>Siddhant Adlakha, [https://variety.com/2026/film/news/whileblack-review-documentary-1236688017/ "‘#WhileBlack’ Review: A Scattered Documentary on Filming Police Brutality"]. ''Variety'', March 14, 2026.</ref> and had its Canadian premiere on April 24 at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.<ref>Courtney Small, [https://thatshelf.com/whileblack-review-hot-docs-2026/ "#WhileBlack Review: Hot Docs 2026"]. ''That Shelf'', April 27, 2026.</ref>

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Category:2026 films Category:2026 documentary films Category:American documentary films Category:Canadian documentary films Category:English-language Canadian films Category:2026 American films Category:2026 Canadian films Category:Black Canadian films Category:Documentary films about African-American people Category:Documentary films about the Internet