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The film “Sing Sing,” directed by Greg Kwedar and starring Colman Domingo, explores the true story of a group of men who find solace and connection in Rehabilitation Through the Arts, or RTA, a program providing arts education for incarcerated people.

Through its ParkARTS program, the Boston Parks and Recreation Department enlivens pockets of green space across the city, bringing arts workshops, concerts, movies and puppet shows to city-run parks year-round, with a more concentrated calendar in the summer months, all free of charge.

“Challengers” is a titillating Luca Guadagnino film about desire, love and loss set against the backdrop of professional tennis.

Every year since its founding in 1999, what’s now known as the Roxbury International Film Festival has brought underrepresented stories to silver screens in Boston.

Amid the tensions that brewed following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, Ava DuVernay read journalist Isabel Wilkerson’s book, “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” published that summer. The book, DuVernay admitted, had been sitting on her coffee table for a while before she decided to read it.

Valarie Molyneaux’s vitiligo diagnosis in 2002 turned her life upside down. “I drove my car to Jamaica Pond and wanted to drive it in,” said Molyneaux, a Hyde Park resident

Senegalese filmmaker and writer Ousmane Sembène (1923-2007) has been dubbed the father of African cinema. His work staunchly protested colonialism, racism, capitalism and patriarchy, and he created films in Africa for African audiences during a time when foreign markets were prioritized.

Arlo Washington sits in his car, a backdrop of greenery visible through the window behind him as he gazes ahead. “I’m on a mission, and it ain’t over,” he asserts. A momentary pause follows before a look of determination flashes across Washington’s face, and he continues, “It’s just begun.”

For the month of February, the third-brightest object in the night sky will send a message of hope back to the world below.

“American Fiction” is a funny and sharp satirical film that follows Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, a professor and novelist, played by Jeffrey Wright. Monk is frustrated with the literary world’s penchant for publishing traumatic stories of Black people.

Boston’s arts scene, historically catering to an older, white audience, has been slowly but steadily making space for diverse artists and audiences. 2023 saw more music, theater, film, visual art and dance highlighting Black artists and art forms than any year in the last decade.

The Secret Society for Black Creatives, a group dedicated to supporting people of color in the film industry, was honored Dec. 16 for their efforts, including creating a critical diversity pipeline to talent.