This year, the United States semiquincentennial converges with BlackStar Film Festival’s 15th edition. Founded in 2012 by filmmaker and curator Maori Karmael Holmes, BlackStar began as a film festival centered on the work and storytelling traditions of Black people and the African diaspora. Maori Karmael Holmes: Scene Not Heard is 20 years old. Maori Karmael HolmesH: How do you see BlackStar as a platform for these different layers of storytelling? What I'm interested in film doing isn't only entertaining us; that's different than a lot of festivals.