“BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions” To Make Theatrical Debut In 12 Cities Across North America And Europe
BLKNWS Set for Black Friday Premiere Across North America and Europe BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions, the debut feature from acclaimed artist and filmmaker Kahlil Joseph which has made a huge impression in the international film festival circuit this year, is set to have its theatrical release in cinemas across North America and Europe. Opening on […]
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BLKNWS Set for Black Friday Premiere Across North America and Europe
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions, the debut feature from acclaimed artist and filmmaker Kahlil Joseph which has made a huge impression in the international film festival circuit this year, is set to have its theatrical release in cinemas across North America and Europe.
Opening on Black Friday (28th November), the film will have a twelve-city premiere across cinemas in Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta, Washington DC, Houston, Philadelphia, Detroit, New York, Toronto, London and Paris.
The release date aligns the film with global conversations about media, capitalism, and the Black archive amid renewed debates around erasure, representation, and the rollback of civil rights. “BLKNWS on BLKFRDY” arrives in theatres as both a cinematic and cultural event, subverting a day defined by commercial excess into a moment of Black collective reflection and cultural circulation. BLKNWS sells perspective.
This marks the first major project from Rich Spirit, an independent film label dedicated to amplifying voices from the global diaspora. The studio previously co-released Ali Abbasi’s The Apprentice with Briarcliff Entertainment, helping guide the film from controversy to awards recognition.
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions is a feature-length, hybrid non-fiction film expanding Joseph’s multi-channel BLKNWS installation into a meditation on media, history, and Black imagination. Shot over several years, blending archival footage, original reporting, interviews, and scripted scenes, it reimagines the visual language of news and documentary.
The film features contributions from artists, journalists, and thinkers across the diaspora, including Bradford Young, Onye Anyanwu, Saidiya Hartman, Arthur Jafa, Kaneza Schaal, Garrett Bradley, Raven Jackson, Dionne Brand, Christina Sharpe, Kristen Adele Calhoun, Irvin Hunt and Madebo Fatunde, amongst others. It also features an orginal score by Klein and musical collaborations spanning jazz, hip-hop, and gospel traditions.
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and has since been widely lauded at festivals including Berlinale, BlackStar, Toronto, New York and London. Most recently, the film won the FIPRESCI Award at Viennale 2025 and shared the Bruce Sinofsky Award in the Documentary Feature Competition at the Montclair Film Festival.
The film currently holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
