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March in Philly is exploding with incredible independent film events. If you’re interested in watching documentaries about liberation movements, check out In Excess about Philly’s trash systems, Coexistence, My Ass! about a comedian using her platform to challenge political violence in Israel-Palestine, and WTO/99 about the 1999 Seattle protests of the World Trade Organization’s impact on human rights.
This month also offers many opportunities for celebration: watch Sinners with a crowd in honor of its historic 16 Academy Award nominations; dance the night away at Rashid Zakat’s Revival!: An Audio-Visual Meditation; and watch the groundbreaking 90s movie Just Another Girl On The I.R.T.featuring a live conversation with director Leslie Harris. Make sure to read the full round-up to take advantage of all our film scene has to offer.
Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 6 PM
cinéSPEAK Presents: In Process with Jess X. Snow
cinéSPEAK’s In Process series–which offers intimate space for local filmmakers to share about their creative process–is back, this time featuring prolific artist Jess X. Snow in conversation with A.E. Hunt. Snow is an Academy-Shortlisted filmmaker and multi-disciplinary artist whose films bring the inner healing journeys of queer Asian migrants to the big screen. They will screen Little Sky, Safe Among Stars, and Your Breath is a Portal. Come early for refreshments and mingling and afterward migrate to Human Robot Brewery to continue the conversation.
Cost: $15 (No One Turned Away)
Symphony Philly — 1516 North 5th Street, Unit 104, Philadelphia, PA 19122
Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 5 PM
Lightbox Presents: In Excess
Combining CCTV footage, subterranean sewer cams, and intimate vignettes of the people who keep the city clean, In Excess traces the journey of Philadelphia’s trash as it flows onto a surprising global path. Along the way, it reveals hidden ecosystems of waste management and the unexpected ways discarded materials resurface long after they’ve been thrown away. Stay after the film for a conversation with the (local!) filmmaker, Melissa Langer.
Cost: $13.24-$15.28
Bok Auditorium — 800 Mifflin Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148
Monday, March 9, 2026 at 6 PM
cinéSPEAK x Two Locals Brewing Company Movie Mondays: Sinners
Movie Mondays is a new monthly gathering every second Monday of the month celebrating Black filmmakers. This first screening will feature Ryan Coogler’s Sinners (which has received a historic 16 Academy Awards nominations!) In this genre-bending horror film, trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. Enjoy happy hour 5-7 PM, BYO dinner, and eat free popcorn!
Cost: Free (Donations Encouraged)
Two Locals Brewing Company — 3675 Market Street, Suite 100, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 7 PM
Revival!: An Audio-Visual Meditation
Multidisciplinary artist, filmmaker, and DJ Rashid Zakat invites the public to a collective celebration of the visual and sonic frequencies that spill out of the Black spiritual and ecstatic experience. Revival! draws on archival footage, original video art, live dance, and musical performance, pulling the audience into an immersive art installation that allows them to connect, reflect, and transcend. This event is part of the exhibition Homeboyz in Innerspace, which is open until March 21.
Cost: Free
TILT — 1400 North American Street, Suite #103, Philadelphia, PA 19122
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 7 PM
Be Reel Micheaux Presents: Just Another Girl On The I.R.T.
In this 1992 film, Chantel’s dreams of escaping her tough Brooklyn neighborhood to become a doctor are complicated when she discovers she’s pregnant. Groundbreaking in its centering of a young Black woman’s experience, this frank, funny, coming-of-age tale was a Sundance sensation. Director Leslie Harris will join for a post-film conversation, moderated by Vincent Williams and Len Webb of The Micheaux Mission podcast and Stephanye Watts of Be Reel Black Cinema Club.
Cost: $11.75-$16.25
Bryn Mawr Film Institute — 824 West Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 7 PM
cinéSPEAK x Vox Populi Third Thursdays: Coexistence, My Ass!
This Third Thursday features the Philly premiere of an incredible new film. Noam Shuster Eliassi grew up the literal poster child for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process before making a hard pivot to stand-up comedy and political satire. But as the region sinks deeper into devastating violence, she must meet the moment by challenging her audiences with hard truths that are no laughing matter.
Cost: $10
Vox Populi — 319 North 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Sunday, March 22, 2026 at 5 PM
Lightbox Presents: WTO/99
This 2025 immersive archival documentary depicts the four-day clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and the more than 40,000 people who took to the streets of Seattle in 1999 to protest the WTO Conference and the WTO’s impact on human rights, labor, and the future effects of continued globalization. Stay after the film for a conversation with Producer/Editor Alex Megaro.
Cost: $13.24-$15.28
Bok Auditorium — 800 Mifflin Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148
Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 5 PM
Diamond Screen Presents: Women’s Film Festival
Now in its 10th year, the Women’s Fest, collectively organized by Diamond Screen and the Mise en Femme women’s film group, features a juried selection of a few of the many fantastic films created by women writers, directors, and cinematography students in the Film and Media Arts department at Temple University. In previous years, Women’s Fest winners have gone on to be featured in elite festivals around the country.
Cost: Free
Temple University Student Center — 1755 North 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122
More Events:
Sunday, March 1, 2026 at 1 PM
BMFI Presents: There Was, There Was Not
Cost: $11.75-$16.25
Bryn Mawr Film Institute — 824 West Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Monday, March 2, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Public Trust Presents: Working Girls
Cost: Free
Public Trust — 4017 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 6 PM
Docuseries Preview and Discussion: My Father, Dick Allen
Cost: Free
Parkway Central Library — 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Friday, March 6, 2026 at 6 PM
Al-Bustan Seeds Of Culture Presents: The Unknown Saint
Cost: $10-$20
Al-Bustan Seeds Of Culture — 310 Master Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at 7 PM
Lightbox x Girls Like Horror Present: Nadja
Cost: $13.24-$15.28
Bok Auditorium — 800 Mifflin Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Space Melt Cinema Presents: Funeral Parade of Roses
Cost: $10
Nikki Lopez — 304 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 10147
Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 6 PM
Korea Peace Committee Philadelphia Presents: Jenin, Jenin
Cost: Free
Calvary Center for Culture and Community — 4740 Baltimore Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19143
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 7 PM
Viva Video Presents: Linda Linda Linda
Cost: $11.75-$16.25
Bryn Mawr Film Institute — 824 West Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 5 PM
Penn Museum x Wolf Humanities Center Present: Make It Look Real
Cost: Free
Penn Museum — 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Saturday, March 21, 2026 at 7 PM
PFS, Brown Girl Space, and Be Reel Black Cinema Club Present: Soul Food
Cost: $11.50-$15.50
Philadelphia Film Society Center — 1412 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102
Monday, March 23, 2026 at 7 PM
Triple A Queer Movie Night: Watermelon Woman
Cost: Free
Two Locals Brewing Company — 3675 Market Street, Suite 100, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 1 PM
Cost: $11.75-$16.25
Bryn Mawr Film Institute — 824 West Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
*Featured Image: Still from Just Another Girl On The I.R.T. Courtesy of UCLA Library.
Sophia Abraham-Raveson is the Managing Editor for the cinéSPEAK Journal. In addition to working at cinéSPEAK, Sophia is a licensed social worker in Pennsylvania, a volunteer with the restorative justice group Let’s Circle Up, and a musician and songwriter in her band Charm School Looks.
