A lot of people are going to tell you that “BLKNWS” is innovative and provocative. They are right. They’re not going to tell you to eat a gummy first and to read DuBois on Garvey for yourself afterwards.
April 6, 2026 at 6:46 PM
A lot of people are going to tell you that “BLKNWS” is innovative and provocative. They are right. They’re not going to tell you to eat a gummy first and to read DuBois on Garvey for yourself afterwards.
"'BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions'—the rich, multi-faceted feature directorial debut from Kahlil Joseph—is an immersion into Blackness."
My four-star review via @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
My four-star review via @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert
The rich, multi-faceted feature directorial debut from Kahlil Joseph is an immersion into Blackness.
www.rogerebert.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"'BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions'—the rich, multi-faceted feature directorial debut from Kahlil Joseph—is an immersion into Blackness."
My four-star review via @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
My four-star review via @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
Kahlil Joseph’s ‘BLKNWS: TERMS & CONDITIONS’ is now available to buy or rent on Apple TV & Prime Video.
• The film is intended to reflect the richness of Black life by weaving news and social media clips, and cultural artefacts into a dynamic stream
• The film is intended to reflect the richness of Black life by weaving news and social media clips, and cultural artefacts into a dynamic stream
March 20, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Kahlil Joseph’s ‘BLKNWS: TERMS & CONDITIONS’ is now available to buy or rent on Apple TV & Prime Video.
• The film is intended to reflect the richness of Black life by weaving news and social media clips, and cultural artefacts into a dynamic stream
• The film is intended to reflect the richness of Black life by weaving news and social media clips, and cultural artefacts into a dynamic stream
Official trailer for Kahlil Joseph's debut feature film 'BLKNWS: Terms and Conditions'
• He directed the short films for Kendrick Lamar's 'good kid, m.A.A.d city' and Beyonce's 'Lemonade'
In select theaters until December 11 🍿
🤝 Rich Spirit Studio
• He directed the short films for Kendrick Lamar's 'good kid, m.A.A.d city' and Beyonce's 'Lemonade'
In select theaters until December 11 🍿
🤝 Rich Spirit Studio
December 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Official trailer for Kahlil Joseph's debut feature film 'BLKNWS: Terms and Conditions'
• He directed the short films for Kendrick Lamar's 'good kid, m.A.A.d city' and Beyonce's 'Lemonade'
In select theaters until December 11 🍿
🤝 Rich Spirit Studio
• He directed the short films for Kendrick Lamar's 'good kid, m.A.A.d city' and Beyonce's 'Lemonade'
In select theaters until December 11 🍿
🤝 Rich Spirit Studio
‘BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions’ Review: An Artist’s Mind-Expanding Collage
In this dazzling essay movie, the director Kahlil Joseph draws on an array of sources—news clips, old movies, family albums, an encyclopedia of "Africana"—to create a thrilling whole
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/m...
In this dazzling essay movie, the director Kahlil Joseph draws on an array of sources—news clips, old movies, family albums, an encyclopedia of "Africana"—to create a thrilling whole
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/m...
‘BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions’ Review: An Artist’s Mind-Expanding Collage
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:35 AM
‘BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions’ Review: An Artist’s Mind-Expanding Collage
In this dazzling essay movie, the director Kahlil Joseph draws on an array of sources—news clips, old movies, family albums, an encyclopedia of "Africana"—to create a thrilling whole
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/m...
In this dazzling essay movie, the director Kahlil Joseph draws on an array of sources—news clips, old movies, family albums, an encyclopedia of "Africana"—to create a thrilling whole
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/m...
BLKNWS: TERMS & CONDITIONS is now playing! www.ifccenter.com/films/blknws...
"'BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions'—the rich, multi-faceted feature directorial debut from Kahlil Joseph—is an immersion into Blackness."
My four-star review via @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
My four-star review via @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert
The rich, multi-faceted feature directorial debut from Kahlil Joseph is an immersion into Blackness.
www.rogerebert.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
BLKNWS: TERMS & CONDITIONS is now playing! www.ifccenter.com/films/blknws...
Joseph and Ryan Coogler originally conceived the idea as a continuous, curated broadcast, weaving news and social media clips, and cultural artifacts into a dynamic stream intended to reflect the richness of Black life
Get tickets now 🍿
#BLKNWS #RichSpiritPartners
linktr.ee/BLKNWSFILM
Get tickets now 🍿
#BLKNWS #RichSpiritPartners
linktr.ee/BLKNWSFILM
BLKNWS: Terms and Conditions | Linktree
In Theaters This BLKFRDY.
Tickets available now below.
linktr.ee
December 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Joseph and Ryan Coogler originally conceived the idea as a continuous, curated broadcast, weaving news and social media clips, and cultural artifacts into a dynamic stream intended to reflect the richness of Black life
Get tickets now 🍿
#BLKNWS #RichSpiritPartners
linktr.ee/BLKNWSFILM
Get tickets now 🍿
#BLKNWS #RichSpiritPartners
linktr.ee/BLKNWSFILM
Most anticipated film of the year, for us anyway. Can't wait to bring this one to Portland. cstpdx.com/event/blknws...
January 5, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Most anticipated film of the year, for us anyway. Can't wait to bring this one to Portland. cstpdx.com/event/blknws...
The Secret Agent and It Was Just an Accident on Hulu, BLKNWS on digital, Videoheaven on Criterion Channel, and more streaming picks of the week.
New to Streaming: The Secret Agent, BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions, It Was Just an Accident, Videoheaven & More
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here. BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions...
thefilmstage.com
March 6, 2026 at 11:54 AM
The Secret Agent and It Was Just an Accident on Hulu, BLKNWS on digital, Videoheaven on Criterion Channel, and more streaming picks of the week.
My current #Sundance2025 highlights:
All That’s left of You
BLKNWS: Terms and Conditions
Cutting Through Rocks
Dead Lover
Lurker
Mad Bills to Pay
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
Obex
The Perfect Neighbor
Rebuilding
Sorry, Baby
Together
The Wedding Banquet
All That’s left of You
BLKNWS: Terms and Conditions
Cutting Through Rocks
Dead Lover
Lurker
Mad Bills to Pay
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
Obex
The Perfect Neighbor
Rebuilding
Sorry, Baby
Together
The Wedding Banquet
January 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
My current #Sundance2025 highlights:
All That’s left of You
BLKNWS: Terms and Conditions
Cutting Through Rocks
Dead Lover
Lurker
Mad Bills to Pay
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
Obex
The Perfect Neighbor
Rebuilding
Sorry, Baby
Together
The Wedding Banquet
All That’s left of You
BLKNWS: Terms and Conditions
Cutting Through Rocks
Dead Lover
Lurker
Mad Bills to Pay
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
Obex
The Perfect Neighbor
Rebuilding
Sorry, Baby
Together
The Wedding Banquet
a recent releases week #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday
May 29, 2026 at 10:27 AM
a recent releases week #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday
NEW: For @seattletimes.com, I spoke with filmmaker Kahlil Joseph about his dizzying, daring feature debut BLKNWS: TERMS & CONDITIONS. A film that it's in conversation with Jean-Luc Godard and Agnès Varda just as it is something all its own, it's a true must-see📽️
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
March 4, 2026 at 9:22 PM
NEW: For @seattletimes.com, I spoke with filmmaker Kahlil Joseph about his dizzying, daring feature debut BLKNWS: TERMS & CONDITIONS. A film that it's in conversation with Jean-Luc Godard and Agnès Varda just as it is something all its own, it's a true must-see📽️
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
"Kahlil Joseph is at #Sundance with the latest iteration of his ongoing visionary project, BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions.
It is a radiant and immersive cinematic experience that offers seminal insight into the distinct phenomenon of what it means to occupy a state of being intoxicated with freedom."
It is a radiant and immersive cinematic experience that offers seminal insight into the distinct phenomenon of what it means to occupy a state of being intoxicated with freedom."
February 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"Kahlil Joseph is at #Sundance with the latest iteration of his ongoing visionary project, BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions.
It is a radiant and immersive cinematic experience that offers seminal insight into the distinct phenomenon of what it means to occupy a state of being intoxicated with freedom."
It is a radiant and immersive cinematic experience that offers seminal insight into the distinct phenomenon of what it means to occupy a state of being intoxicated with freedom."
Kahlil Jospeh’s BLKNWS: TERMS AND CONDITIONS is liberating. OBEX and EAST OF WALL are also great.
This #sundance2025 dispatch via @ebertvoices.bsky.social is by far my most effusive.
This #sundance2025 dispatch via @ebertvoices.bsky.social is by far my most effusive.
Sundance 2025: East of Wall, Obex, BLKNWS: Terms and Conditions | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert
On three standouts from the Sundance NEXT program.
www.rogerebert.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Kahlil Jospeh’s BLKNWS: TERMS AND CONDITIONS is liberating. OBEX and EAST OF WALL are also great.
This #sundance2025 dispatch via @ebertvoices.bsky.social is by far my most effusive.
This #sundance2025 dispatch via @ebertvoices.bsky.social is by far my most effusive.
Hailed by NPR as “a clear-eyed mediation on memory, lineage, and the meaning of freedom,” Kahlil Joseph’s BLKNWS: TERMS AND CONDITIONS adapts the renowned artist’s video installation into a distinctive cinematic experience.
Now playing!
ifccenter.com/films/blknws...
Now playing!
ifccenter.com/films/blknws...
December 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Hailed by NPR as “a clear-eyed mediation on memory, lineage, and the meaning of freedom,” Kahlil Joseph’s BLKNWS: TERMS AND CONDITIONS adapts the renowned artist’s video installation into a distinctive cinematic experience.
Now playing!
ifccenter.com/films/blknws...
Now playing!
ifccenter.com/films/blknws...
It's always an incredible feeling to have the top spot on the site with a review of a great film like BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions.
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
It's always an incredible feeling to have the top spot on the site with a review of a great film like BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions.
And that conversation absolutely belongs.
"The theories in BLKNWS are bolstered by Saidiya Hartman, Christina Sharpe and Dionne Brand’s scholarship, and the film’s formal experiments are inspired by Jean-Luc Godard, Arthur Jafa and Julie Dash... honors his late brother Noah Davis.."
#BlackSky
"The theories in BLKNWS are bolstered by Saidiya Hartman, Christina Sharpe and Dionne Brand’s scholarship, and the film’s formal experiments are inspired by Jean-Luc Godard, Arthur Jafa and Julie Dash... honors his late brother Noah Davis.."
#BlackSky
‘BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions’ Review: Kahlil Joseph’s Feature Debut Is a Kinetic Tribute to Black Experimentalists
Premiering at Sundance, the 'Lemonade' director's film blends a fictional Afro-futurist narrative, archival research, multimedia work and personal history.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
And that conversation absolutely belongs.
"The theories in BLKNWS are bolstered by Saidiya Hartman, Christina Sharpe and Dionne Brand’s scholarship, and the film’s formal experiments are inspired by Jean-Luc Godard, Arthur Jafa and Julie Dash... honors his late brother Noah Davis.."
#BlackSky
"The theories in BLKNWS are bolstered by Saidiya Hartman, Christina Sharpe and Dionne Brand’s scholarship, and the film’s formal experiments are inspired by Jean-Luc Godard, Arthur Jafa and Julie Dash... honors his late brother Noah Davis.."
#BlackSky
"Timed to open theatrically on Black Friday—it is not by accident; it is by design—the film premieres in twelve cities including Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, London, and Paris.
Its release turns a day defined by consumption into a moment of collective reflection…"
Missed it at NYFF, so glad!
Its release turns a day defined by consumption into a moment of collective reflection…"
Missed it at NYFF, so glad!
Kahlil Joseph’s ‘BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions‘ Turns Black Friday into Cultural Intervention - Los Angeles Sentinel
Kahlil Joseph’s “BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions” transforms Black Friday into a sprawling cinematic act of African and African American memory, media and resistance.
lasentinel.net
November 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
"Timed to open theatrically on Black Friday—it is not by accident; it is by design—the film premieres in twelve cities including Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, London, and Paris.
Its release turns a day defined by consumption into a moment of collective reflection…"
Missed it at NYFF, so glad!
Its release turns a day defined by consumption into a moment of collective reflection…"
Missed it at NYFF, so glad!
My #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
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LOVE HURTS
MUSIC BOX: YACHT ROCK DOCKUMENTARY
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
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LOVE HURTS
MUSIC BOX: YACHT ROCK DOCKUMENTARY
February 8, 2025 at 3:11 AM
My #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
PARTHENOPE|
LOVE HURTS
MUSIC BOX: YACHT ROCK DOCKUMENTARY
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
PARTHENOPE|
LOVE HURTS
MUSIC BOX: YACHT ROCK DOCKUMENTARY
"Intricate, rich, and supremely ambitious" (NPR), BLKNWS: TERMS & CONDITIONS opens Friday, November 28.
Be here for Q&A with visionary artist and filmmaker Kahlil Joseph November 30, Dec 2 and Dec 3. Tickets on sale now! ifccenter.com/films/blknws...
Be here for Q&A with visionary artist and filmmaker Kahlil Joseph November 30, Dec 2 and Dec 3. Tickets on sale now! ifccenter.com/films/blknws...
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"Intricate, rich, and supremely ambitious" (NPR), BLKNWS: TERMS & CONDITIONS opens Friday, November 28.
Be here for Q&A with visionary artist and filmmaker Kahlil Joseph November 30, Dec 2 and Dec 3. Tickets on sale now! ifccenter.com/films/blknws...
Be here for Q&A with visionary artist and filmmaker Kahlil Joseph November 30, Dec 2 and Dec 3. Tickets on sale now! ifccenter.com/films/blknws...
Here are three really wonderful films: OBEX (imaginative), EAST OF WALL (poetic), and BLKNWS: TERMS AND CONDITIONS (the best documentary at Sundance).
Sundance 2025: East of Wall, Obex, BLKNWS: Terms and Conditions | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert
On three standouts from the Sundance NEXT program.
www.rogerebert.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Here are three really wonderful films: OBEX (imaginative), EAST OF WALL (poetic), and BLKNWS: TERMS AND CONDITIONS (the best documentary at Sundance).
BLKNWS: TERMS & CONDITIONS was one of the most riveting film experiences I had at Sundance this year. The movie is now out in theaters.
‘BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions’: Sundance Review
Kahlil Joseph turns his video art installation into a multi-faceted exploration of the Black experience
www.screendaily.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
BLKNWS: TERMS & CONDITIONS was one of the most riveting film experiences I had at Sundance this year. The movie is now out in theaters.
Made me think of DuBois being an early pioneer of sociology with work like "The Philadelphia Negro" (1899), the first scientific study of African Americans
I saw a film late last year, "BLKNWS" where they reenacted him going door to door to survey Black communities
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phi...
I saw a film late last year, "BLKNWS" where they reenacted him going door to door to survey Black communities
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phi...
March 31, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Made me think of DuBois being an early pioneer of sociology with work like "The Philadelphia Negro" (1899), the first scientific study of African Americans
I saw a film late last year, "BLKNWS" where they reenacted him going door to door to survey Black communities
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phi...
I saw a film late last year, "BLKNWS" where they reenacted him going door to door to survey Black communities
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phi...