Exploring Blackqueer Becoming Through Lo-Fi Cinema: Osadolor’s Acclaimed Film a_blurred_fluxx_00.avi

PHILADELPHIA, PA — November 4, 2025

Scribe Video Center invites the community to experience a_blurred_fluxx_00.avi, a boundary-pushing experimental documentary by multidisciplinary artist Osadolor, on Friday, November 14 at 7:00 PM at Scribe Video Center (3908 Lancaster Avenue, West Philadelphia). Admission is $5, $3 for Scribe members with RSVP at scribe.org/blurred.

Co-sponsored by Film and Media Studies, the Office of Inclusive Excellence, and the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility at Swarthmore College, and co-presented with camra and the Center for Experimental Ethnography at the University of Pennsylvania, the event offers Philadelphians a rare opportunity to engage with one of the most exciting emerging voices in Blackqueer cinema.

At just 23, Osadolor has developed a deeply distinctive artistic practice grounded in Lo-Fi and D-I-Y aesthetics. Their film, a_blurred_fluxx_00.avi, transforms memory and lived experience into a dynamic visual archive that celebrates Blackqueer joy, intimacy, and the ongoing process of self-becoming. Through fragmented soundscapes and layered conversations, the film highlights the beauty, complexity, and opacity of Blackqueer life.

Shot across Dallas, the Bay Area, and New York City, a_blurred_fluxx_00.avi follows eleven Blackqueer individuals in moments of reflection, vulnerability, and connection. The result is a visually stunning and emotionally resonant piece that blurs the lines between documentary and dreamscape.

The film builds upon Osadolor’s award-winning Stanford thesis, which argues that Lo-Fi and D-I-Y film aesthetics act as “Afropresentist tools” — empowering Blackqueer creators to reimagine their relationships with identity, memory, and possibility. That scholarship earned Osadolor the 2024 Kennell Jackson Jr. Award and has since evolved into a growing body of work exploring Blackqueer futurity through experimental media.

a_blurred_fluxx_00.avi has garnered international acclaim, screening at the London Breeze Film Festival (as a Best Documentary finalist), Ann Arbor Film Festival, Black Harvest Film Festival, Queer Lisboa 29, Lagos Queer Film Festival, and Weeksville Heritage Center, among others. The film also headlined a sold-out premiere at the Maysles Documentary Center in New York City and inspired a multimedia performance at Chicago’s PRESENTation: an_evening_w/_osadolor.

Through a Lo-Fi lens inspired by early Nollywood and Blackqueer DJ culture, Osadolor reconstructs the documentary form — creating a space for multiplicity, opacity, and liberation. a_blurred_fluxx_00.avi asks audiences to consider what it means to be seen, heard, and felt on one’s own terms.

Event Details

📅 Friday, November 14, 2025

🕖 7:00 PM

📍 Scribe Video Center | 3908 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104

🎟️ $5, $3 for Scribe members → scribe.org/screenings

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About Scribe Video Center

Scribe Video Center is a West Philadelphia-based nonprofit that supports community storytelling through film, audio, and new media. Since 1982, Scribe has empowered underrepresented voices to create meaningful, socially engaged work that reflects the diversity and creativity of the Philadelphia region. Learn more at scribe.org or follow us on socials at @scribevideocenter.