Trailer for black enuf* via Good Docs
black enuf* (2016) A queer oddball seeks approval from black peers despite a serious lack of hip-hop credentials and a family that ‘talks white.’ This animated documentary takes you on a quest for belonging. (TRT: 23min).
Nominated for New York Emmy in 2020 in the Historical/Cultural Program section.
"…recalls the journey for acceptance" New York Times
"mixes animation with family interviews and dry humor to explore their... Blackness and LGBTQ identity" Colorlines
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Press
Black Queer Brooklyn on Film Focuses on Diverse Voices by Tamar Best, New York Times
You Must love fried chicken and rap? KC filmmaker asks us what is ‘black enuf*’ by Jeneé Osterheldt, Kansas City Star
“An Animated Life” Barnard Magazine
Colorlines | Central Standard, podcast interview
Campus & Community Screenings
Nelson-Atkins Museum (sold out screening, audience pictured)
Barnard College • Williams College • Queens Museum: Set on Freedom Screening • Brooklyn Museum: Queer Black Brooklyn on Film • Kemper Museum • Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture • Kiki • Batty Mama • Queerly Beloved
Verso Books • National Black Writers Conference • Kansas City Center for Inclusion • University of Michigan • One Struggle KC
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Education & Community Groups
black enuf* has educational distribution via Good Docs.
Our award-winning documentary is now available for rentals, DVD and streaming sales to the following institutions:
Universities / Four-Year Colleges
High Schools
Community Colleges
Nonprofits / Community Groups
For-Profits / Corporations
Please visit this website for more details about buying or renting the film for use at an educational institution. Or you can contact the GOOD DOCS team. If you’re interested in hosting the filmmakers for a speaking and screening event, please email education@gooddocs.net.
Home/Private Rental
You may rent black enuf* via Vimeo. If you like it, tell somebody, me, or even better a friend!
black enuf* is available on Kweli TV. Founded by DeShauna Elisa Spenser, they have over 300 unapologetically Black films.
Film Festival Screenings
St. Louis International Film Festival
Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival
Ann Arbor Film Festival
Gary International Black Film Festival
Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival
Out on Film ATL
Black Star Film Festival
Afrikana Independent Film Festival
CinemAfrica
Animaze
Mixed Remixed Festival
First City Film Festival
Fringe! Queer Arts & Film
Manchester Queer Media
Twist Seattle Queer Film Festival
Scottish Queer International Film Festival
Milwaukee LGBT Festival
The People's Film Festival
MIX Queer Experimental Film Festival
Queer Women of Color
NY Feminist Film Week
New Voices in Black Cinema
Black Filmmakers Film Festival
Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival
Squeaky Wheel Film Festival
Broadcast
black enuf* premiered on Monday, February 18th, 2019 on World Channel. The film was included in the 11th season of AfroPop, Black Public Media's showcase African Diaspora film and media. The series kicks off in January hosted by Danielle Brooks of Orange is The New Black.