Hampton Roads Greenbook hosted its first-ever 7 Candle Film Festival in Virginia Beach, showcasing films that highlight Black and Indigenous stories from across the United States and internationally.
Seko Varner, lead for Hampton Roads Greenbook, organized the festival inspired by Kwanzaa principles. Varner has been celebrating Kwanzaa since 1973 and wanted to try something different this year.
“We normally use to put on big Kwanzaa events in Hampton Roads area and this year I was lead to do something different this is inspired by those principles,” Varner said…