Inthrive Film Festival-Petersburg: November 17-19, 2026
Films!
Featuring films made by or featuring the authentic voices and talents of incarceration survivors.
We're challenging the prejudices and preconceptions by creating space to share our stories on our terms for everyone to experience
Community!
Films bring us together and we're bringing them to Virginia State University and Richard Bland College because we believe it's important that these stories and the men and women behind them are heard throughout the community.
Schedule-all events are free!
November 17-Day (VSU)
Tuesday
Reservation Redemption
VSU-Harris Accademics Commons Building
9:30am - 10:50am
The Inside Scholars
VSU-Harris Accademics Commons Building
11:00am - 12:15pm
Being Michelle
VSU-Harris Accademics Commons Building
12:30pm - 1:50pm
Songs Inside
VSU-Harris Accademics Commons Building
2:00pm-3:45pm
November 17-Evening (RBC)
Tuesday
Arts & Enterpreneurship
Richard Bland College
5:00pm - 7:30pm
Through film and conversation we discover how incarceration survivors use entrepreneurism & art to share their voices & talents, grow as individuals, and heal communities.
November 18 (VSU)
Wednesday - All Screenings at VSU's Black Box Theater
Change & Strength
Black Box Theater
9:00am - 9:50am
A Theory of Change
Tarik Shah: Don't Play Like Them
Beyond Trauma
Black Box Theater
10:00am - 10:50am
The Return
Black Box Theater
11:00am - 11:50am
The Second Life of Freddie Nole
Black Box Theater
Noon - 12:50pm
Creative Expression
Black Box Theater
1:00pm - 1:50pm
The Next Act Is Freedom
Lockdown
Pathway To Freedom
Black Box Theater
2:00pm - 2:50pm
So, Boom & Run It Back
Black Box Theater
3:00pm - 3:50pm
November 19 (VSU)
Thursday - All Screenings in VSU's Harris Academics Commons Building
It's Criminal
Harris Academics Commons Building
9:30am - 10:50am
Cohort One
Harris Academics Commons Building
11:00am - 12:20pm
One Minute Remaining
Harris Academics Commons Building
12:30pm - 1:50pm
Whispers Beyond Bars
Harris Academics Commons Building
2:00pm - 3:20pm
Behind Our Walls
Harris Academics Commons Building
3:30pm - 4:50pm
Beyond
Harris Academics Commons Building
5:00pm - 7:00pm
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