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The Wexner Center is proud to once again host the opening day screenings for the Columbus Black International Film Festival, now in its fifth year! Join us for screenings of the recently released and acclaimed films The Weekend and Zola.
In the rom-com The Weekend, Saturday Night Live alumna Sasheer Zamata stars as Zadie, an unlucky-at-love stand-up comic who finds herself in the middle of an awkward weekend country getaway with her ex-boyfriend (Tone Bell) and his new girlfriend (DeWanda Wise of Netflix’s She’s Gotta Have It). Sparks fly with Zadie when a hunky guest (Insecure’s Y’lan Noel) arrives at the B&B, stirring jealousy with her ex and friction with his new girlfriend. (86 mins., DCP)
Join us for a Columbus Black International Film Festival Opening Night reception with a cash bar in the Wex's lower lobby 5:45–7 PM.
The Weekend | Image courtesy of Lionsgate
The Columbus Black International Film Festival is sponsored by the Columbus Foundation and the Greater Columbus Arts Council.
FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY Cardinal Health Kaufman Development
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Rohauer Collection Foundation
WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY The Wexner Family Greater Columbus Arts Council Mary and C. Robert Kidder L Brands Foundation American Electric Power Foundation The Columbus Foundation Ohio Arts Council Bill and Sheila Lambert Adam Flatto Huntington Institute of Museum and Library Services Nationwide Foundation Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease Arlene and Michael Weiss
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The Weekend
