Welcome to a special episode of the pod, TSKies! Our first in a series of media coverage of a film festival!

This episode we focus on the incomparable BlackStar Film Festival. This festival was impeccable from start to finish - TENS across the board. BlackStar creates and fosters safe spaces for BIPOC filmmakers from around the globe. Check them out at https://www.blackstarfest.org/.

We sat down with one of these filmmakers - Winner of the 2024 Blackstar Philadelphia Filmmaker Award, Kristal Sotomayor; @kristalsotomayor on Instagram. Their must-see film, “Expanding Sanctuary” was featured at this year’s BlackStar and is currently making the rounds on the festival circuit. Among the topics we spoke about was the production company Kristal helped create. You can find projects they produced at Sotomayorproductions.com/screenings and on their IG: @sotomayor.productions.