DIFF 2025 - Screening: Paid in Full - The Battle for Black Music

Black artists have been exploited since the dawn of recorded music. Paid in Full: The Battle for Black Music explores the fight for fair pay and racial justice in the music industry.

• Starring, Chaka Khan, Ice-T, Nile Rodgers, Master P., Smokey Robinson, Monie Love, Gloria Gaynor, & more
• Directed by Alison Duke & Guy Evans
• Narrated by Zawe Ashton
• Executive Produced by Idris Elba, Sabrina Elba, Sebastien Janin, Natasha Duran, & Aeysha Walsh
• Impact Producer/Sales Consultant: Sola Fasehun
• Co-Presented by The Grammys / Recording Academy / Black Music Collective, Danceaholic Records/Noizy Neighbors (distributed by Universal Music Group/Bungaloo), Afroholic Records (distributed by Sony/The Orchard)

Followed by a Q&A (participants TBA)

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