I AM ART: The Redline is an Official Selection of the 30th Urbanworld Film Festival

Fresh from its WILLiFEST win, Terry Dillard Jr.’s documentary about Blu Murphy’s Redline series comes to New York City for Urbanworld’s 30th anniversary edition, October 14–18, 2026, at Regal Union Square.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — I Am Art: The Redline, directed by Terry Dillard Jr. and executive produced by Ian Swain, has been named an Official Selection of the 2026 Urbanworld Film Festival. The festival marks its 30th anniversary this year and runs October 14–18, 2026, in New York City, with screenings at Regal Union Square, 850 Broadway.

The film follows artist and educator Blu Murphy, whose Redline series photographs students in a Title I art classroom and places them inside the history of redlining and its legacy.

The Urbanworld selection follows the film’s win in the 2026 WILLiFEST International Documentary Short Competition, and official selections at NewFilmmakers Los Angeles, the Charlotte Black Film Festival, the Touchstone Independent Film Festival and the Greenwood Film Festival, along with semi-finalist places at the Dumbo Film Festival and the Independent Shorts Awards.

Tickets and the full festival schedule are available at urbanworld.org. The film screens Thursday, October 15 at 12:40 PM.

Runtime approx. 20 minutes. Stills, the official teaser, statements and bios are available in the press kit.

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I Am Art: The Redline named an Official Selection of the 30th Urbanworld Film Festival